US20180312828A1 - Nucleobase editors comprising nucleic acid programmable dna binding proteins - Google Patents
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- Targeted editing of nucleic acid sequences is a highly promising approach for the study of gene function and also has the potential to provide new therapies for human genetic diseases.
- An ideal nucleic acid editing technology possesses three characteristics: (1) high efficiency of installing the desired modification; (2) minimal off-target activity; and (3) the ability to be programmed to edit precisely any site in a given nucleic acid, e.g., any site within the human genome.
- NHEJ and HDR are stochastic processes that typically result in modest gene editing efficiencies as well as unwanted gene alterations that can compete with the desired alteration.
- 8 Since many genetic diseases in principle can be treated by effecting a specific nucleotide change at a specific location in the genome (for example, a C to T change in a specific codon of a gene associated with a disease), 9 the development of a programmable way to achieve such precision gene editing would represent both a powerful new research tool, as well as a potential new approach to gene editing-based human therapeutics.
- Nucleic acid programmable DNA binding proteins such as the clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeat (CRISPR) system is a recently discovered prokaryotic adaptive immune system 10 that has been modified to enable robust and general genome engineering in a variety of organisms and cell lines.
- CRISPR-Cas CRISPR associated
- sgRNA RNA molecule
- a Cas protein then acts as an endonuclease to cleave the targeted DNA sequence.
- the target DNA sequence must be both complementary to the sgRNA, and also contain a “protospacer-adjacent motif” (PAM) at the 3′-end of the complementary region in order for the system to function.
- PAM protospacer-adjacent motif
- S. pyogenes Cas9 has been mostly widely used as a tool for genome engineering.
- This Cas9 protein is a large, multi-domain protein containing two distinct nuclease domains. Point mutations can be introduced into Cas9 to abolish nuclease activity, resulting in a dead Cas9 (dCas9) that still retains its ability to bind DNA in a sgRNA-programmed manner. 16
- dCas9 when fused to another protein or domain, dCas9 can target that protein or domain to virtually any DNA sequence simply by co-expression with an appropriate sgRNA.
- dCas9 complex for genome engineering purposes is immense. Its unique ability to bring proteins to specific sites in a genome programmed by the sgRNA in theory can be developed into a variety of site-specific genome engineering tools beyond nucleases, including deaminases (e.g., cytidine deamianses), transcriptional activators, transcriptional repressors, histone-modifying proteins, integrases, and recombinases. 11 Some of these potential applications have recently been implemented through dCas9 fusions with transcriptional activators to afford RNA-guided transcriptional activators, 17,18 transcriptional repressors, 16,19,20 and chromatin modification enzymes. 21 Simple co-expression of these fusions with a variety of sgRNAs results in specific expression of the target genes. These seminal studies have paved the way for the design and construction of readily programmable sequence-specific effectors for the precise manipulation of genomes.
- deaminases e.g., cytidine de
- Some aspects of the disclosure are based on the recognition that certain configurations of a nucleic acid programmable DNA binding protein (napDNAbp), for example CasX, CasY, Cpf1, C2c1, C2c2, C2c3, or Argonaute protein, and a cytidine deaminase domain fused by a linker are useful for efficiently deaminating target cytidine residues.
- napDNAbp nucleic acid programmable DNA binding protein
- CasX for example CasX, CasY, Cpf1, C2c1, C2c2, C2c3, or Argonaute protein
- a cytidine deaminase domain fused by a linker are useful for efficiently deaminating target cytidine residues.
- Other aspects of this disclosure relate to the recognition that a nucleobase editing fusion protein with a cytidine deaminase domain fused to the N-terminus of a napDNA
- fusion proteins which are also referred to herein as base editors, generate less indels and more efficiently deaminate target nucleic acids than other base editors, such as base editors without a UGI domain.
- Other aspects of this disclosure relate to the recognition that a nucleobase editing fusion protein with a cytidine deaminase domain fused to the N-terminus of napDNAbp via a linker perform base editing with higher efficiency and greatly improved product purity when the fusion protein is comprised of more than one UGI domain.
- Example 17 which demonstrates that a fusion protein (e.g., base editor) comprising two UGI domains generates less indels and more efficiently deaminates target nucleic acids than other base editors, such as those comprising one UGI domain.
- a fusion protein e.g., base editor
- the fusion protein comprises: (i) a nucleic acid programmable DNA binding protein (napDNAbp); (ii) a cytidine deaminase domain; and (iii) a uracil glycosylase inhibitor (UGI) domain, where the napDNAbp is a CasX, CasY, Cpf1, C2c1, C2c2, C2c3, or Argonaute protein.
- the nucleic acid programmable DNA binding protein (napDNAbp) is a CasX protein.
- the CasX protein comprises an amino acid sequence that is at least 90% identical to SEQ ID NO: 29 or 30.
- the CasX protein comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 29 or 30.
- the fusion protein comprises: (i) a nucleic acid programmable DNA binding protein (napDNAbp); (ii) a cytidine deaminase domain; (iii) a first uracil glycosylase inhibitor (UGI) domain; and (iv) a second uracil glycosylase inhibitor (UGI) domain, wherein the napDNAbp is a Cas9, dCas9, or Cas9 nickase protein. In some embodiments, the napDNAbp is a dCas9 protein.
- the napDNAbp is a CasX, CasY, Cpf1, C2c1, C2c2, C2c3, or Argonaute protein.
- the dCas9 protein is a S. pyogenes dCas9 (SpCas9d).
- the dCas9 protein is a S. pyogenes dCas9 harboring a D10A mutation.
- the dCas9 protein comprises an amino acid sequence that is at least 90% identical to SEQ ID NO: 6 or 7.
- the dCas9 protein comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 6 or 7.
- the dCas9 protein is a S. aureus dCas9 (SaCas9d). In some embodiments, the dCas9 protein is a S. aureus dCas9 harboring a D10A mutation. In some embodiments, the dCas9 protein comprises an amino acid sequence that is at least 90% identical to SEQ ID NO: 33-36. In some embodiments, the dCas9 protein comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 33-36.
- the nucleic acid programmable DNA binding protein is a CasY protein.
- the CasY protein comprises an amino acid sequence that is at least 90% identical to SEQ ID NO: 31. In some embodiments, the CasY protein comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 31.
- the nucleic acid programmable DNA binding protein is a Cpf1 or Cpf1 mutant protein.
- the Cpf1 or Cpf1 mutant protein comprises an amino acid sequence that is at least 90% identical to any one of SEQ ID NOs: 9-24.
- the Cpf1 or Cpf1 mutant protein comprises the amino acid sequence of any one of SEQ ID NOs: 9-24.
- the nucleic acid programmable DNA binding protein is a C2c1 protein.
- the C2c1 protein comprises an amino acid sequence that is at least 90% identical to SEQ ID NO: 26. In some embodiments, the C2c1 protein comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 26.
- the nucleic acid programmable DNA binding protein is a C2c2 protein.
- the C2c2 protein comprises an amino acid sequence that is at least 90% identical to SEQ ID NO: 27. In some embodiments, the C2c2 protein comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 27.
- the nucleic acid programmable DNA binding protein is a C2c3 protein.
- the C2c3 protein comprises an amino acid sequence that is at least 90% identical to SEQ ID NO: 28. In some embodiments, the C2c3 protein comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 28.
- the nucleic acid programmable DNA binding protein is an Argonaute protein.
- the Argonaute protein comprises an amino acid sequence that is at least 90% identical to SEQ ID NO: 25. In some embodiments, the Argonaute protein comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 25.
- fusion proteins provided herein are capable of generating one or more mutations (e.g., a C to T mutation) without generating a large proportion of indels.
- any of the fusion proteins (e.g., base editing proteins) provided herein generate less than 10% indels.
- any of the fusion proteins (e.g., base editing proteins) provided herein generate less than 10%, 9%, 8%, 7%, 6%, 5.5%, 5%, 4.5%, 4%, 3.5%, 3%, 2.5%, 2%, 1.5%, 1%, 0.5%, or 0.1% indels.
- the fusion protein comprises a napDNAbp and an apolipoprotein B mRNA-editing complex 1 (APOBEC1) deaminase domain, where the deaminase domain is fused to the N-terminus of the napDNAbp domain via a linker comprising the amino acid sequence SGSETPGTSESATPES (SEQ ID NO: 604).
- the napDNAbp comprises the amino acid sequence of any of the napDNAbp provided herein.
- the deaminase is rat APOBEC1 (SEQ ID NO: 76).
- the deaminase is human APOBEC1 (SEQ ID NO: 74).
- the deaminase is pmCDA1 (SEQ ID NO: 81). In some embodiments, the deaminase is human APOBEC3G (SEQ ID NO: 60). In some embodiments, the deaminase is a human APOBEC3G variant of any one of (SEQ ID NOs: 82-84).
- the fusion protein comprises a napDNAbp and an apolipoprotein B mRNA-editing complex 1 catalytic polypeptide-like 3G (APOBEC3G) deaminase domain, wherein the deaminase domain is fused to the N-terminus of the napDNAbp domain via a linker of any length or composition (e.g., an amino acid sequence, a peptide, a polymer, or a bond).
- the linker comprises the amino acid sequence SGSETPGTSESATPES (SEQ ID NO: 604).
- the linker comprises the amino acid sequence SGGSSGGSSGSETPGTSESATPESSGGSSGGS (SEQ ID NO: 605).
- the fusion protein comprises a napDNAbp and a cytidine deaminase 1 (CDA1) deaminase domain, wherein the deaminase domain is fused to the N-terminus of the napDNAbp domain via a linker comprising the amino acid sequence SGSETPGTSESATPES (SEQ ID NO: 604).
- the linker comprises the amino acid sequence SGGSSGGSSGSETPGTSESATPESSGGSSGGS (SEQ ID NO: 605).
- the napDNAbp comprises the amino acid sequence of any of the napDNAbps provided herein.
- the fusion protein comprises a napDNAbp and an activation-induced cytidine deaminase (AID) deaminase domain, where the deaminase domain is fused to the N-terminus of the napDNAbp domain via a linker comprising the amino acid sequence SGSETPGTSESATPES (SEQ ID NO: 604).
- the linker comprises the amino acid sequence SGGSSGGSSGSETPGTSESATPESSGGSSGGS (SEQ ID NO: 605).
- the napDNAbp comprises the amino acid sequence of any of the napDNAbps provided herein.
- Some aspects of the disclosure are based on the recognition that certain configurations of a napDNAbp, and a cytidine deaminase domain fused by a linker are useful for efficiently deaminating target cytidine residues.
- Other aspects of this disclosure relate to the recognition that a nucleobase editing fusion protein with an apolipoprotein B mRNA-editing complex 1 (APOBEC1) deaminase domain fused to the N-terminus of a napDNAbp via a linker comprising the amino acid sequence SGSETPGTSESATPES (SEQ ID NO: 604) was capable of efficiently deaminating target nucleic acids in a double stranded DNA target molecule.
- APOBEC1 apolipoprotein B mRNA-editing complex 1
- the fusion protein comprises a napDNAbp domain and an apolipoprotein B mRNA-editing complex 1 (APOBEC1) deaminase domain, where the deaminase domain is fused to the N-terminus of the napDNAbp via a linker comprising the amino acid sequence SGSETPGTSESATPES (SEQ ID NO: 604).
- APOBEC1 apolipoprotein B mRNA-editing complex 1
- Some aspects of this disclosure provide strategies, systems, reagents, methods, and kits that are useful for the targeted editing of nucleic acids, including editing a single site within a subject's genome, e.g., a human's genome.
- fusion proteins of napDNAbp e.g., CasX, CasY, Cpf1, C2c1, C2c2, C2c3, or Argonaute protein
- methods for targeted nucleic acid editing are provided.
- reagents and kits for the generation of targeted nucleic acid editing proteins e.g., fusion proteins of napDNAbp and deaminases or deaminase domains, are provided.
- fusion proteins comprising a napDNAbp as provided herein that is fused to a second protein (e.g., an enzymatic domain such as a cytidine deaminase domain), thus forming a fusion protein.
- the second protein comprises an enzymatic domain, or a binding domain.
- the enzymatic domain is a nuclease, a nickase, a recombinase, a deaminase, a methyltransferase, a methylase, an acetylase, an acetyltransferase, a transcriptional activator, or a transcriptional repressor domain.
- the enzymatic domain is a nucleic acid editing domain.
- the nucleic acid editing domain is a deaminase domain.
- the deaminase is a cytosine deaminase or a cytidine deaminase.
- the deaminase is an apolipoprotein B mRNA-editing complex (APOBEC) family deaminase.
- APOBEC apolipoprotein B mRNA-editing complex
- the deaminase is an APOBEC1 deaminase.
- the deaminase is an APOBEC2 deaminase.
- the deaminase is an APOBEC3 deaminase. In some embodiments, the deaminase is an APOBEC3A deaminase. In some embodiments, the deaminase is an APOBEC3B deaminase. In some embodiments, the deaminase is an APOBEC3C deaminase. In some embodiments, the deaminase is an APOBEC3D deaminase. In some embodiments, the deaminase is an APOBEC3E deaminase. In some embodiments, the deaminase is an APOBEC3F deaminase.
- the deaminase is an APOBEC3G deaminase. In some embodiments, the deaminase is an APOBEC3H deaminase. In some embodiments, the deaminase is an APOBEC4 deaminase. In some embodiments, the deaminase is an activation-induced deaminase (AID). It should be appreciated that the deaminase may be from any suitable organism (e.g., a human or a rat). In some embodiments, the deaminase is from a human, chimpanzee, gorilla, monkey, cow, dog, rat, or mouse.
- AID activation-induced deaminase
- the deaminase is rat APOBEC1 (SEQ ID NO: 76). In some embodiments, the deaminase is human APOBEC1 (SEQ ID NO: 74). In some embodiments, the deaminase is pmCDA1.
- fusion proteins comprising: (i) a CasX, CasY, Cpf1, C2c1, C2c2, C2c3, or Argonaute protein domain comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 32; and (ii) an apolipoprotein B mRNA-editing complex 1 (APOBEC1) deaminase domain, wherein the deaminase domain is fused to the N-terminus of the napDNAbp via a linker comprising the amino acid sequence of SGSETPGTSESATPES (SEQ ID NO: 604).
- the deaminase is rat APOBEC1 (SEQ ID NO: 76).
- the deaminase is human APOBEC1 (SEQ ID NO: 74). In some embodiments, the fusion protein comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 591. In some embodiments, the fusion protein comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 5737. In some embodiments, the deaminase is pmCDA1 (SEQ ID NO: 81). In some embodiments, the deaminase is human APOBEC3G (SEQ ID NO: 60). In some embodiments, the deaminase is a human APOBEC3G variant of any one of SEQ ID NOs: 82-84.
- fusion proteins comprising a deaminase domain, a napDNAbp domain and a uracil glycosylase inhibitor (UGI) domain demonstrate improved efficiency for deaminating target nucleotides in a nucleic acid molecule.
- U:G heteroduplex DNA may be responsible for a decrease in nucleobase editing efficiency in cells.
- Uracil DNA glycosylase (UDG) catalyzes removal of U from DNA in cells, which may initiate base excision repair, with reversion of the U:G pair to a C:G pair as the most common outcome.
- Uracil DNA Glycosylase Inhibitor may inhibit human UDG activity.
- base excision repair may be inhibited by molecules that bind the single strand, block the edited base, inhibit UGI, inhibit base excision repair, protect the edited base, and/or promote “fixing” of the non-edited strand, etc.
- this disclosure contemplates fusion proteins comprising a napDNAbp-cytidine deaminase domain that is fused to a UGI domain.
- fusion proteins comprising a deaminase domain, a napDNAbp domain, and more than one uracil glycosylase inhibitor (UGI) domain (e.g., one, two, three, four, five, or more UGI domains) demonstrate improved efficiency for deaminating target nucleotides in a nucleic acid molecule and/or improved nucleic acid product purity.
- UGI uracil glycosylase inhibitor
- the addition of a second UGI domain may substantially decrease the access of UDG to the G:U base editing intermediate, thereby improving the efficiency of the base editing.
- any of the base editors provided herein are capable of modifying a specific nucleotide base without generating a significant proportion of indels.
- An “indel”, as used herein, refers to the insertion or deletion of a nucleotide base within a nucleic acid. Such insertions or deletions can lead to frame shift mutations within a coding region of a gene.
- any of the base editors provided herein are capable of generating a greater proportion of intended modifications (e.g., point mutations or deaminations) versus indels.
- any of the base editors provided herein are capable of generating a certain percentage of desired mutations.
- the desired mutation is a C to T mutation.
- the desired mutation is a C to A mutation,
- the desired mutation is a C to G mutation.
- any of the base editors provided herein are capable of generating at least 1% of desired mutations.
- any of the base editors provided herein are capable of generating at least 1%, 2%, 3%, 4%, 5%, 10%, 15%, 20%, 25%, 30%, 40%, 45%, 50%, 60%, 70%, 80%, 90%, 95%, or 99% of desired mutations.
- any of the base editors provided herein are capable of efficiently generating an intended mutation, such as a point mutation, in a nucleic acid (e.g. a nucleic acid within a genome of a subject) without generating a significant number of unintended mutations, such as unintended point mutations.
- the deaminase domain of the fusion protein is fused to the N-terminus of the napDNAbp domain.
- the UGI domain is fused to the C-terminus of the napDNAbp domain.
- the napDNAbp and the nucleic acid editing domain are fused via a linker.
- the napDNAbp domain and the UGI domain are fused via a linker.
- a second UGI domain is fused to the C-terminus of a first UGI domain.
- the first UGI domain and the second UGI domain are fused via a linker.
- linkers may be used to link any of the peptides or peptide domains of the invention.
- the linker may be as simple as a covalent bond, or it may be a polymeric linker many atoms in length.
- the linker is a polpeptide or based on amino acids. In other embodiments, the linker is not peptide-like.
- the linker is a covalent bond (e.g., a carbon-carbon bond, disulfide bond, carbon-heteroatom bond, etc.).
- the linker is a carbon-nitrogen bond of an amide linkage.
- the linker is a cyclic or acyclic, substituted or unsubstituted, branched or unbranched aliphatic or heteroaliphatic linker.
- the linker is polymeric (e.g., polyethylene, polyethylene glycol, polyamide, polyester, etc.).
- the linker comprises a monomer, dimer, or polymer of aminoalkanoic acid.
- the linker comprises an aminoalkanoic acid (e.g., glycine, ethanoic acid, alanine, beta-alanine, 3-aminopropanoic acid, 4-aminobutanoic acid, 5-pentanoic acid, etc.).
- the linker comprises a monomer, dimer, or polymer of aminohexanoic acid (Ahx). In certain embodiments, the linker is based on a carbocyclic moiety (e.g., cyclopentane, cyclohexane). In other embodiments, the linker comprises a polyethylene glycol moiety (PEG). In other embodiments, the linker comprises amino acids. In certain embodiments, the linker comprises a peptide. In certain embodiments, the linker comprises an aryl or heteroaryl moiety. In certain embodiments, the linker is based on a phenyl ring.
- Ahx aminohexanoic acid
- the linker may included funtionalized moieties to facilitate attachment of a nucleophile (e.g., thiol, amino) from the peptide to the linker.
- a nucleophile e.g., thiol, amino
- Any electrophile may be used as part of the linker.
- Exemplary electrophiles include, but are not limited to, activated esters, activated amides, Michael acceptors, alkyl halides, aryl halides, acyl halides, and isothiocyanates.
- the linker comprises the amino acid sequence (GGGGS) n (SEQ ID NO: 607), (G) n (SEQ ID NO: 608), (EAAAK) n (SEQ ID NO: 609), (GGS) n (SEQ ID NO:610), (SGGS) n (SEQ ID NO: 606), SGSETPGTSESATPES (SEQ ID NO: 604), (XP) n (SEQ ID NO: 611), SGGS(GGS) n (SEQ ID NO: 612), SGGSSGGSSGSETPGTSESATPESSGGSSGGS (SEQ ID NO: 605), or any combination thereof, wherein n is independently an integer between 1 and 30, and X is any amino acid.
- the linker comprises the amino acid sequence (GGS) n (SEQ ID NO: 610), wherein n is 1, 3, or 7. In some embodiments, the linker comprises the amino acid sequence SGGS(GGS) n (SEQ ID NO: 612), wherein n is 2. In some embodiments, the linker comprises the amino acid sequence SGSETPGTSESATPES (SEQ ID NO: 604). In some embodiments, the linker comprises the amino acid sequence SGGSSGGSSGSETPGTSESATPESSGGSSGGS (SEQ ID NO: 605).
- the fusion protein comprises the structure [nucleic acid editing domain]-[optional linker sequence]-[napDNAbp]-[optional linker sequence]-[UGI]. In some embodiments, the fusion protein comprises the structure [nucleic acid editing domain]-[optional linker sequence]-[UGI]-[optional linker sequence]-[napDNAbp]; [UGI]-[optional linker sequence]-[nucleic acid editing domain]-[optional linker sequence]-[napDNAbp]; [UGI]-[optional linker sequence]-[napDNAbp]-[optional linker sequence]-[nucleic acid editing domain]; [napDNAbp]-[optional linker sequence]-[UGI]-[optional linker sequence]-[nucleic acid editing domain]; [napDNAbp]-[optional linker sequence]-[UGI]-[optional linker sequence]-[nucleic acid
- the nucleic acid editing domain comprises a deaminase. In some embodiments, the nucleic acid editing domain comprises a deaminase. In some embodiments, the deaminase is a cytidine deaminase. In some embodiments, the deaminase is an apolipoprotein B mRNA-editing complex (APOBEC) family deaminase.
- APOBEC apolipoprotein B mRNA-editing complex
- the deaminase is an APOBEC1 deaminase, an APOBEC2 deaminase, an APOBEC3A deaminase, an APOBEC3B deaminase, an APOBEC3C deaminase, an APOBEC3D deaminase, an APOBEC3F deaminase, an APOBEC3G deaminase, an APOBEC3H deaminase, or an APOBEC4 deaminase.
- the deaminase is an activation-induced deaminase (AID).
- the deaminase is a cytidine deaminase 1 (CDA1). In some embodiments, the deaminase is a Lamprey CDA1 (pmCDA1) deaminase.
- CDA1 cytidine deaminase 1
- pmCDA1 Lamprey CDA1
- the deaminase is from a human, chimpanzee, gorilla, monkey, cow, dog, rat, or mouse. In some embodiments, the deaminase is from a human. In some embodiments the deaminase is from a rat. In some embodiments, the deaminase is a rat APOBEC1 deaminase comprising the amino acid sequence set forth in (SEQ ID NO: 76). In some embodiments, the deaminase is a human APOBEC1 deaminase comprising the amino acid sequence set forth in (SEQ ID NO: 74). In some embodiments, the deaminase is pmCDA1 (SEQ ID NO: 81).
- the deaminase is human APOBEC3G (SEQ ID NO: 60). In some embodiments, the deaminase is a human APOBEC3G variant of any one of (SEQ ID NOs: 82-84). In some embodiments, the deaminase is at least 80%, at least 85%, at least 90%, at least 92%, at least 95%, at least 96%, at least 97%, at least 98%, at least 99%, or at least 99.5% identical to any one of the amino acid sequences set forth in SEQ ID NOs: 49-84.
- the UGI domain comprises an amino acid sequence that is at least 80%, at least 85%, at least 90%, at least 92%, at least 95%, at least 96%, at least 97%, at least 98%, at least 99%, or at least 99.5% identical to SEQ ID NO: 134. In some embodiments, the UGI domain comprises the amino acid sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 134.
- Some aspects of this disclosure provide complexes comprising a napDNAbp fusion protein as provided herein, and a guide RNA bound to the napDNAbp.
- Some aspects of this disclosure provide methods of using the napDNAbp, fusion proteins, or complexes provided herein. For example, some aspects of this disclosure provide methods comprising contacting a DNA molecule (a) with a napDNAbp or a fusion protein as provided herein and with a guide RNA, wherein the guide RNA is about 15-100 nucleotides long and comprises a sequence of at least 10 contiguous nucleotides that is complementary to a target sequence; or (b) with a napDNAbp, a napDNAbp fusion protein, or a napDNAbp or napDNAbp complex with a gRNA as provided herein.
- kits comprising a nucleic acid construct, comprising (a) a nucleotide sequence encoding a napDNAbp or a napDNAbp fusion protein as provided herein; and (b) a heterologous promoter that drives expression of the sequence of (a).
- the kit further comprises an expression construct encoding a guide RNA backbone, wherein the construct comprises a cloning site positioned to allow the cloning of a nucleic acid sequence identical or complementary to a target sequence into the guide RNA backbone.
- Some aspects of this disclosure provide polynucleotides encoding a napDNAbp of a fusion protein as provided herein. Some aspects of this disclosure provide vectors comprising such polynucleotides. In some embodiments, the vector comprises a heterologous promoter driving expression of polynucleotide.
- Some aspects of this disclosure provide cells comprising a napDNAbp protein, a fusion protein, a nucleic acid molecule, and/or a vector as provided herein.
- any of the fusion proteins provided herein that include a Cas9 domain may be replaced with any of the napDNAbp provided herein, for example CasX, CasY, Cpf1, C2c1, C2c2, C2c3, or Argonaute protein.
- FIG. 1 shows the deaminase activity of deaminases on single stranded DNA substrates.
- Single stranded DNA substrates using randomized PAM sequences (NNN PAM) were used as negative controls.
- Canonical PAM sequences used include the (NGG PAM).
- FIG. 2 shows the activity of Cas9:deaminase fusion proteins on single stranded DNA substrates.
- FIG. 3 illustrates double stranded DNA substrate binding by Cas9:deaminase:sgRNA complexes.
- FIG. 4 illustrates a double stranded DNA deamination assay.
- FIG. 5 demonstrates that Cas9 fusions can target positions 3-11 of double-stranded DNA target sequences (numbered according to the schematic in FIG. 5 ).
- Upper Gel 1 ⁇ M rAPOBEC1-GGS-dCas9, 125 nM dsDNA, 1 equivalent sgRNA.
- Mid Gel 1 ⁇ M rAPOBEC1-(GGS) 3 (SEQ ID NO: 610)-dCas9, 125 nM dsDNA, 1 equivalent sgRNA.
- Lower Gel 1.85 ⁇ M rAPOBEC1-XTEN-dCas9, 125 nM dsDNA, 1 equivalent sgRNA.
- FIG. 6 demonstrates that the correct guide RNA, e.g., the correct sgRNA, is required for deaminase activity.
- FIG. 7 illustrates the mechanism of target DNA binding of in vivo target sequences by deaminase-dCas9:sgRNA complexes.
- FIG. 8 shows successful deamination of exemplary disease-associated target sequences.
- FIG. 9 shows in vitro C ⁇ T editing efficiencies using His6-rAPOBEC1-XTEN-dCas9.
- FIG. 10 shows C ⁇ T editing efficiencies in HEK293T cells is greatly enhanced by fusion with UGI.
- FIGS. 11A to 11C show NBE1 mediates specific, guide RNA-programmed C to U conversion in vitro.
- FIG. 11A Nucleobase editing strategy. DNA with a target C at a locus specified by a guide RNA is bound by dCas9, which mediates the local denaturation of the DNA substrate. Cytidine deamination by a tethered APOBEC1 enzyme converts the target C to U. The resulting G:U heteroduplex can be permanently converted to an A:T base pair following DNA replication or repair. If the U is in the template DNA strand, it will also result in an RNA transcript containing a G to A mutation following transcription. FIG.
- 11B Deamination assay showing an activity window of approximately five nucleotides. Following incubation of NBE1-sgRNA complexes with dsDNA substrates at 37° C. for 2 h, the 5′ fluorophore-labeled DNA was isolated and incubated with USER enzyme (uracil DNA glycosylase and endonuclease VIII) at 37° C. for 1 h to induce DNA cleavage at the site of any uracils. The resulting DNA was resolved on a denaturing polyacrylamide gel, and any fluorophore-linked strands were visualized.
- USER enzyme uracil DNA glycosylase and endonuclease VIII
- FIG. 11C Deaminase assay showing the sequence specificity and sgRNA-dependence of NBE1.
- the DNA substrate with a target C at position 7 was incubated with NBE1 as in FIG. 11B with either the correct sgRNA, a mismatched sgRNA, or no sgRNA. No C to U editing is observed with the mismatched sgRNA or with no sgRNA.
- the positive control sample contains a DNA sequence with a U synthetically incorporated at position 7.
- FIGS. 12A to 12B show effects of sequence context and target C position on nucleobase editing efficiency in vitro.
- FIG. 12A Effect of changing the sequence surrounding the target C on editing efficiency in vitro. The deamination yield of 80% of targeted strands (40% of total sequencing reads from both strands) for C 7 in the protospacer sequence 5′-TTATTTCGTGGATTTATTTA-3′(SEQ ID NO: 591) was defined as 1.0, and the relative deamination efficiencies of substrates containing all possible single-base mutations at positions 1-6 and 8-13 are shown. Values and error bars reflect the mean and standard deviation of two or more independent biological replicates performed on different days.
- FIG. 12B Positional effect of each NC motif on editing efficiency in vitro.
- NC target motif was varied from positions 1 to 8 within the protospacer as indicated in the sequences shown on the right (the PAM shown in red, the protospacer plus one base 5′ to the protospacer are also shown).
- the percentage of total sequence reads containing T at each of the numbered target C positions following incubation with NBE1 is shown in the graph. Note that the maximum possible deamination yield in vitro is 50% of total sequencing reads (100% of targeted strands). Values and error bars reflect the mean and standard deviation of two or three independent biological replicates performed on different days.
- FIG. 12B depicts SEQ ID NOs: 619 through 626 from top to bottom, respectively.
- FIGS. 13A to 13C show nucleobase editing in human cells.
- FIG. 13A Protospacer and PAM sequences of the six mammalian cell genomic loci targeted by nucleobase editors. Target Cs are indicated with subscripted numbers corresponding to their positions within the protospacer.
- FIG. 13A depicts SEQ ID NOs: 127 through 132 from top to bottom, respectively.
- FIG. 13B HEK293T cells were transfected with plasmids expressing NBE1, NBE2, or NBE3 and an appropriate sgRNA. Three days after transfection, genomic DNA was extracted and analyzed by high-throughput DNA sequencing at the six loci.
- Cellular C to T conversion percentages defined as the percentage of total DNA sequencing reads with Ts at the target positions indicated, are shown for NBE1, NBE2, and NBE3 at all six genomic loci, and for wt Cas9 with a donor HDR template at three of the six sites (EMX1, HEK293 site 3, and HEK293 site 4). Values and error bars reflect the mean and standard deviation of three independent biological replicates performed on different days.
- FIGS. 14A to 14C show NBE2- and NBE3-mediated correction of three disease-relevant mutations in mammalian cells.
- the sequence of the protospacer is indicated to the right of the name of the mutation, with the PAM and the base responsible for the mutation indicated in bold with a subscripted number corresponding to its position within the protospacer.
- the amino acid sequence above each disease-associated allele is shown, together with the corrected amino acid sequence following nucleobase editing in red. Underneath each sequence are the percentages of total sequencing reads with the corresponding base.
- Cells were nucleofected with plasmids encoding NBE2 or NBE3 and an appropriate sgRNA.
- FIG. 14A The Alzheimer's disease-associated APOE4 allele is converted to APOE3 ' in mouse astrocytes by NBE3 in 11% of total reads (44% of nucleofected astrocytes). Two nearby Cs are also converted to Ts, but with no change to the predicted sequence of the resulting protein (SEQ ID NO: 627).
- FIG. 14B The cancer-associated p53 N239D mutation is corrected by NBE2 in 11% of treated human lymphoma cells (12% of nucleofected cells) that are heterozygous for the mutation (SEQ ID NO: 628).
- FIG. 14C The p53 Y163C mutation is corrected by NBE3 in 7.6% of nucleofected human breast cancer cells (SEQ ID NO: 629).
- FIGS. 15A to 15D show effects of deaminase-dCas9 linker length and composition on nucleobase editing.
- Gel-based deaminase assay showing the deamination window of nucleobase editors with deaminase-Cas9 linkers of GGS ( FIG. 15A ), (GGS) 3 (SEQ ID NO: 610) ( FIG. 15B ), XTEN ( FIG. 15C ), or (GGS) 7 (SEQ ID NO: 610) ( FIG. 15D ).
- GGS 3
- XTEN FIG. 15C
- FIG. 15D shows effects of deaminase-dCas9 linker length and composition on nucleobase editing.
- the dye-conjugated DNA was isolated and incubated with USER enzyme (uracil DNA glycosylase and endonuclease VIII) at 37° C. for an additional hour to cleave the DNA backbone at the site of any uracils.
- USER enzyme uracil DNA glycosylase and endonuclease VIII
- the resulting DNA was resolved on a denaturing polyacrylamide gel, and the dye-conjugated strand was imaged.
- Each lane is numbered according to the position of the target C within the protospacer, or with—if no target C is present.
- 8U is a positive control sequence with a U synthetically incorporated at position 8.
- FIGS. 16A to 16B show NBE1 is capable of correcting disease-relevant mutations in vitro.
- FIG. 16A Protospacer and PAM sequences of seven disease-relevant mutations.
- the disease-associated target C in each case is indicated with a subscripted number reflecting its position within the protospacer. For all mutations except both APOE4 SNPs, the target C resides in the template (non-coding) strand.
- FIG. 16A depicts SEQ ID NOs: 631 through 636 from top to bottom, respectively.
- 16B Deaminase assay showing each dsDNA oligonucleotide before ( ⁇ ) and after (+) incubation with NBE1, DNA isolation, and incubation with USER enzymes to cleave DNA at positions containing U. Positive control lanes from incubation of synthetic oligonucleotides containing U at various positions within the protospacer with USER enzymes are shown with the corresponding number indicating the position of the U.
- FIG. 17 shows processivity of NBEL
- the protospacer and PAM of a 60-mer DNA oligonucleotide containing eight consecutive Cs is shown at the top.
- the oligonucleotide 125 nM was incubated with NBE1 (2 ⁇ M) for 2 h at 37° C.
- the DNA was isolated and analyzed by high-throughput sequencing. Shown are the percent of total reads for the most frequent nine sequences observed. The vast majority of edited strands (>93%) have more than one C converted to T. This figure depicts SEQ ID NO: 309.
- FIGS. 18A to 18H show the effect of fusing UGI to NBE1 to generate NBE2.
- FIG. 18A Protospacer and PAM sequences of the six mammalian cell genomic loci targeted with nucleobase editors. Editable Cs are indicated with labels corresponding to their positions within the protospacer.
- FIG. 18A depicts SEQ ID NOs: 127 through 132 from top to bottom, respectively.
- FIGS. 18B to 18G HEK293T cells were transfected with plasmids expressing NBE1, NBE2, or NBE1 and UGI, and an appropriate sgRNA. Three days after transfection, genomic DNA was extracted and analyzed by high-throughput DNA sequencing at the six loci.
- FIG. 18H C to T mutation rates at 510 Cs surrounding the protospacers of interest for NBE1, NBE1 plus UGI on a separate plasmid, NBE2, and untreated cells are shown.
- the data show the results of 3,000,000 DNA sequencing reads from 1.5 ⁇ 106 cells. Values reflect the mean of at least two biological experiments conducted on different days.
- FIG. 19 shows nucleobase editing efficiencies of NBE2 in U2OS and HEK293T cells.
- Cellular C to T conversion percentages by NBE2 are shown for each of the six targeted genomic loci in HEK293T cells and U2OS cells.
- HEK293T cells were transfected using lipofectamine 2000, and U2OS cells were nucleofected.
- U2OS nucleofection efficiency was 74%.
- FIG. 20 shows nucleobase editing persists over multiple cell divisions.
- Cellular C to T conversion percentages by NBE2 are displayed at two genomic loci in HEK293T cells before and after passaging the cells.
- HEK293T cells were transfected using Lipofectamine 2000. Three days post transfection, the cells were harvested and split in half. One half was subjected to HTS analysis, and the other half was allowed to propagate for approximately five cell divisions, then harvested and subjected to HTS analysis.
- FIG. 21 shows genetic variants from ClinVar that can be corrected in principle by nucleobase editing.
- the NCBI ClinVar database of human genetic variations and their corresponding phenotypes 68 was searched for genetic diseases that can be corrected by current nucleobase editing technologies.
- the results were filtered by imposing the successive restrictions listed on the left.
- the x-axis shows the number of occurrences satisfying that restriction and all above restrictions on a logarithmic scale.
- FIG. 22 shows in vitro identification of editable Cs in six genomic loci. Synthetic 80-mers with sequences matching six different genomic sites were incubated with NBE1 then analyzed for nucleobase editing via HTS. For each site, the sequence of the protospacer is indicated to the right of the name of the site, with the PAM highlighted in red. Underneath each sequence are the percentages of total DNA sequencing reads with the corresponding base. A target C was considered as “editable” if the in vitro conversion efficiency is >10%. Note that maximum yields are 50% of total DNA sequencing reads since the non-targeted strand is not a substrate for nucleobase editing. This figure depicts SEQ ID NOs: 127 through 132 from top to bottom, respectively.
- FIG. 23 shows activities of NBE1, NBE2, and NBE3 at EMX1 off-targets.
- HEK293T cells were transfected with plasmids expressing NBE1, NBE2, or NBE3 and a sgRNA matching the EMX1 sequence using Lipofectamine 2000.
- genomic DNA was extracted, amplified by PCR, and analyzed by high-throughput DNA sequencing at the on-target loci, plus the top ten known Cas9 off-target loci for the EMX1 sgRNA, as previously determined using the GUIDE-seq method 55 .
- EMX1 off-target 5 locus did not amplify and is not shown.
- FIG. 24 shows activities of NBE1, NBE2, and NBE3 at FANCF off-targets.
- HEK293T cells were transfected with plasmids expressing NBE1, NBE2, or NBE3 and a sgRNA matching the FANCF sequence using Lipofectamine 2000.
- genomic DNA was extracted, amplified by PCR, and analyzed by high-throughput DNA sequencing at the on-target loci, plus all of the known Cas9 off-target loci for the FANCF sgRNA, as previously determined using the GUIDE-seq method 55 . Sequences of the on-target and off-target protospacers and protospacer adjacent motifs (PAMs) are displayed.
- PAMs protospacer adjacent motifs
- Cellular C to T conversion percentages defined as the percentage of total DNA sequencing reads with T at each position of an original C within the protospacer, are shown for NBE1, NBE2, and NBE3. On the far right are displayed the total number of sequencing reads reported for each sequence. This figure depicts SEQ ID NOs: 128 and 646 through 653 from top to bottom, respectively.
- FIG. 25 shows activities of NBE1, NBE2, and NBE3 at HEK293 site 2 off-targets.
- HEK293T cells were transfected with plasmids expressing NBE1, NBE2, or NBE3 and a sgRNA matching the HEK293 site 2 sequence using Lipofectamine 2000.
- genomic DNA was extracted, amplified by PCR, and analyzed by high-throughput DNA sequencing at the on-target loci, plus all of the known Cas9 off-target loci for the HEK293 site 2 sgRNA, as previously determined using the GUIDE-seq method 55 . Sequences of the on-target and off-target protospacers and protospacer adjacent motifs (PAMs) are displayed.
- PAMs protospacer adjacent motifs
- Cellular C to T conversion percentages defined as the percentage of total DNA sequencing reads with T at each position of an original C within the protospacer, are shown for NBE1, NBE2, and NBE3. On the far right are displayed the total number of sequencing reads reported for each sequence. This figure depicts SEQ ID NOs: 129, 654, and 655 from top to bottom, respectively.
- FIG. 26 shows activities of NBE1, NBE2, and NBE3 at HEK293 site 3 off-targets.
- HEK293T cells were transfected with plasmids expressing NBE1, NBE2, or NBE3 and a sgRNA matching the HEK293 site 3 sequence using Lipofectamine 2000.
- genomic DNA was extracted, amplified by PCR, and analyzed by high-throughput DNA sequencing at the on-target loci, plus all of the known Cas9 off-target loci for the HEK293 site 3 sgRNA, as previously determined using the GUIDE-seq method. 55 Sequences of the on-target and off-target protospacers and protospacer adjacent motifs (PAMs) are displayed.
- PAMs protospacer adjacent motifs
- Cellular C to T conversion percentages defined as the percentage of total DNA sequencing reads with T at each position of an original C within the protospacer, are shown for NBE1, NBE2, and NBE3. On the far right are displayed the total number of sequencing reads reported for each sequence. This figure depicts SEQ ID NOs: 130 and 656 through 660 from top to bottom, respectively.
- FIG. 27 shows activities of NBE1, NBE2, and NBE3 at HEK293 site 4 off-targets.
- HEK293T cells were transfected with plasmids expressing NBE1, NBE2, or NBE3 and a sgRNA matching the HEK293 site 4 sequence using Lipofectamine 2000.
- genomic DNA was extracted, amplified by PCR, and analyzed by high-throughput DNA sequencing at the on-target loci, plus the top ten known Cas9 off-target loci for the HEK293 site 4 sgRNA, as previously determined using the GUIDE-seq method. 55 Sequences of the on-target and off-target protospacers and protospacer adjacent motifs (PAMs) are displayed.
- PAMs protospacer adjacent motifs
- Cellular C to T conversion percentages defined as the percentage of total DNA sequencing reads with T at each position of an original C within the protospacer, are shown for NBE1, NBE2, and NBE3. On the far right are displayed the total number of sequencing reads reported for each sequence. This figure depicts SEQ ID NOs: 131 and 661 through 670 from top to bottom, respectively.
- FIG. 28 shows non-target C mutation rates. Shown here are the C to T mutation rates at 2,500 distinct cytosines surrounding the six on-target and 34 off-target loci tested, representing a total of 14,700,000 sequence reads derived from approximately 1.8 ⁇ 106 cells.
- FIGS. 29A to 29C show base editing in human cells.
- FIG. 29A shows possible base editing outcomes in mammalian cells.
- Initial editing resulted in a U:G mismatch.
- Recognition and excision of the U by uracil DNA glycosylase (UDG) initiated base excision repair (BER), which lead to reversion to the C:G starting state.
- BER was impeded by BE2 and BE3, which inhibited UDG.
- the U:G mismatch was also processed by mismatch repair (MMR), which preferentially repaired the nicked strand of a mismatch.
- BE3 nicked the non-edited strand containing the G, favoring resolution of the U:G mismatch to the desired U:A or T:A outcome.
- MMR mismatch repair
- FIG. 29B shows HEK293T cells treated as described in the Materials and Methods in the Examples below.
- the percentage of total DNA sequencing read with Ts at the target positions indicated show treatment with BE1, BE2, or BE3, or for treatment with wt Cas9 with a donor HDR template.
- FIG. 29C shows frequency of indel formation following the treatment in FIG. 29B . Values are listed in FIG. 34 .
- values and error bars reflect the mean and s.d. of three independent biological replicates performed on different days.
- FIGS. 30A to 30B show BE3-mediated correction of two disease-relevant mutations in mammalian cells.
- the sequence of the protospacer is shown to the right of the mutation, with the PAM and the target base in red with a subscripted number indicating its position within the protospacer. Underneath each sequence are the percentages of total sequencing reads with the corresponding base. Cells were treated as described in the Materials and Methods.
- FIG. 30A shows the Alzheimer's disease-associated APOE4 allele converted to APOE3r in mouse astrocytes by BE3 in 74.9% of total reads. Two nearby Cs were also converted to Ts, but with no change to the predicted sequence of the resulting protein.
- FIG. 30B shows the cancer associated p53 Y163C mutation corrected by BE3 in 7.6% of nucleofected human breast cancer cells with 0.7% indel formation.
- Identical treatment of these cells with wt Cas9 and donor ssDNA results in no mutation correction with 6.1% indel formation.
- This figure depicts SEQ ID NOs: 672 and 629.
- FIG. 31 shows activities of BE1, BE2, and BE3 at HEK293 site 2 off-targets.
- HEK293T cells were transfected with plasmids expressing BE1, BE2, or BE3 and a sgRNA matching the HEK293 site 2 sequence using Lipofectamine 2000.
- genomic DNA was extracted, amplified by PCR, and analyzed by high-throughput DNA sequencing at the on-target loci, plus all of the known Cas9 and dCas9 off-target loci for the HEK293 site 2 sgRNA, as previously determined by Joung and coworkers using the GUIDE-seq method (63), and Adli and coworkers using chromatin immunoprecipitation high-throughput sequencing (ChIP-seq) experiments (18). Sequences of the on-target and off-target protospacers and protospacer adjacent motifs (PAMs) are displayed.
- PAMs protospacer adjacent motifs
- Cellular C to T conversion percentages defined as the percentage of total DNA sequencing reads with T at each position of an original C within the protospacer, are shown for BE1, BE2, and BE3. On the far right are displayed the total number of sequencing reads reported, and the ChIP-seq signal intensity reported for each sequence. This figure depicts SEQ ID NOs: 129, 654, 655 and 673 to 677 from top to bottom, respectively.
- FIG. 32 shows activities of BE1, BE2, and BE3 at HEK293 site 3 off-targets.
- HEK293T cells were transfected with plasmids expressing BE1, BE2, or BE3 and a sgRNA matching the HEK293 site 3 sequence using Lipofectamine 2000.
- genomic DNA was extracted, amplified by PCR, and analyzed by high-throughput DNA sequencing at the on-target loci, plus all of the known Cas9 off-target loci and the top five known dCas9 off-target loci for the HEK293 site 3 sgRNA, as previously determined by Joung and coworkers using the GUIDE-seq method 54 , and using chromatin immunoprecipitation high-throughput sequencing (ChIP-seq) experiments 61 . Sequences of the on-target and off-target protospacers and protospacer adjacent motifs (PAMs) are displayed.
- PAMs protospacer adjacent motifs
- Cellular C to T conversion percentages defined as the percentage of total DNA sequencing reads with T at each position of an original C within the protospacer, are shown for BE1, BE2, and BE3. On the far right are displayed the total number of sequencing reads reported, and the ChIP-seq signal intensity reported for each sequence. This figure depicts SEQ ID NOs: 130, 656 to 660 and 678-682 from top to bottom, respectively.
- FIG. 33 shows activities of BE1, BE2, and BE3 at HEK293 site 4 off-targets.
- HEK293T cells were transfected with plasmids expressing BE1, BE2, or BE3 and a sgRNA matching the HEK293 site 4 sequence using Lipofectamine 2000.
- genomic DNA was extracted, amplified by PCR, and analyzed by high-throughput DNA sequencing at the on-target loci, plus the top ten known Cas9 off-target loci and the top five known dCas9 off-target loci for the HEK293 site 4 sgRNA, as previously determined using the GUIDE-seq method 54 , and using chromatin immunoprecipitation high-throughput sequencing (ChIP-seq) experiments 61 . Sequences of the on-target and off-target protospacers and protospacer adjacent motifs (PAMs) are displayed.
- PAMs protospacer adjacent motifs
- Cellular C to T conversion percentages defined as the percentage of total DNA sequencing reads with T at each position of an original C within the protospacer, are shown for BE1, BE2, and BE3. On the far right are displayed the total number of sequencing reads reported, and the ChIP-seq signal intensity reported for each sequence. This figure depicts SEQ ID NOs: 131, 661 to 670, 683 and 684 from top to bottom, respectively.
- FIG. 34 shows mutation rates of non-protospacer bases following BE3-mediated correction of the Alzheimer's disease-associated APOE4 allele to APOE3r in mouse astrocytes.
- the DNA sequence of the 50 bases on either side of the protospacer from FIG. 30A and FIG. 34B is shown with each base's position relative to the protospacer.
- the side of the protospacer distal to the PAM is designated with positive numbers, while the side that includes the PAM is designated with negative numbers, with the PAM.
- each sequence are the percentages of total DNA sequencing reads with the corresponding base for untreated cells, for cells treated with BE3 and an sgRNA targeting the APOE4 C158R mutation, or for cells treated with BE3 and an sgRNA targeting the VEGFA locus.
- BE3-treated sample resulted in mutation rates above those of untreated controls.
- This figure depicts SEQ ID NOs: 685 to 688 from top to bottom, respectively.
- FIG. 35 shows mutation rates of non-protospacer bases following BE3-mediated correction of the cancer-associated p53 Y163C mutation in HCC1954 human cells.
- the side of the protospacer distal to the PAM is designated with positive numbers, while the side that includes the PAM is designated with negative numbers, with the PAM.
- Underneath each sequence are the percentages of total sequencing reads with the corresponding base for untreated cells, for cells treated with BE3 and an sgRNA targeting the TP53 Y163C mutation, or for cells treated with BE3 and an sgRNA targeting the VEGFA locus.
- Neither BE3-treated sample resulted in mutational rates above those of untreated controls.
- This figure depicts SEQ ID NOs: 689 to 692 from top to bottom, respectively.
- FIGS. 36A to 36F show the effects of deaminase, linker length, and linker composition on base editing.
- FIG. 36A shows a gel-based deaminase assay showing activity of rAPOBEC1, pmCDA1, hAID, hAPOBEC3G, rAPOBEC1-GGS-dCas9, rAPOBEC1-(GGS) 3 (SEQ ID NO: 610)-dCas9, and dCas9-(GGS) 3 (SEQ ID NO: 610)-rAPOBEC1 on ssDNA.
- Enzymes were expressed in a mammalian cell lysate-derived in vitro transcription-translation system and incubated with 1.8 ⁇ M dye-conjugated ssDNA and USER enzyme (uracil DNA glycosylase and endonuclease VIII) at 37° C. for 2 hours. The resulting DNA was resolved on a denaturing polyacrylamide gel and imaged. The positive control is a sequence with a U synthetically incorporated at the same position as the target C.
- FIG. 36B shows coomassie-stained denaturing PAGE gel of the expressed and purified proteins used in FIGS. 36C to 36F .
- 36C to 36F show gel-based deaminase assay showing the deamination window of base editors with deaminase-Cas9 linkers of GGS ( FIG. 36C ), (GGS) 3 (SEQ ID NO: 610) ( FIG. 36D ), XTEN ( FIG. 36E ), or (GGS) 7 (SEQ ID NO: 610) ( FIG. 36F ).
- the dye-conjugated DNA was isolated and incubated with USER enzyme at 37° C.
- Each lane is numbered according to the position of the target C within the protospacer, or with—if no target C is present.
- 8U is a positive control sequence with a U synthetically incorporated at position 8.
- FIGS. 37A to 37C show BE1 base editing efficiencies are dramatically decreased in mammalian cells.
- FIG. 37A Protospacer and PAM sequences of the six mammalian cell genomic loci targeted by base editors. Target Cs are indicated in red with subscripted numbers corresponding to their positions within the protospacer.
- FIG. 37B shows synthetic 80-mers with sequences matching six different genomic sites were incubated with BE1 then analyzed for base editing by HTS. For each site, the sequence of the protospacer is indicated to the right of the name of the site, with the PAM. Underneath each sequence are the percentages of total DNA sequencing reads with the corresponding base. We considered a target C as “editable” if the in vitro conversion efficiency is >10%.
- FIG. 37C shows HEK293T cells were transfected with plasmids expressing BE1 and an appropriate sgRNA. Three days after transfection, genomic DNA was extracted and analyzed by high-throughput DNA sequencing at the six loci. Cellular C to T conversion percentages, defined as the percentage of total DNA sequencing reads with Ts at the target positions indicated, are shown for BE1 at all six genomic loci. Values and error bars of all data from HEK293T cells reflect the mean and standard deviation of three independent biological replicates performed on different days.
- FIG. 37A depicts SEQ ID NOs: 127 to 132 from top to bottom, respectively.
- FIG. 37B depicts SEQ ID NOs: 127 to 132 from top to bottom, respectively.
- FIG. 38 shows base editing persists over multiple cell divisions.
- Cellular C to T conversion percentages by BE2 and BE3 are shown for HEK293 sites 3 and 4 in HEK293T cells before and after passaging the cells.
- HEK293T cells were nucleofected with plasmids expressing BE2 or BE3 and an sgRNA targeting HEK293 site 3 or 4.
- FIGS. 40A to 40B show additional data sets of BE3-mediated correction of two disease-relevant mutations in mammalian cells.
- the sequence of the protospacer is indicated to the right of the name of the mutation, with the PAM and the base responsible for the mutation indicated in red bold with a subscripted number corresponding to its position within the protospacer.
- the amino acid sequence above each disease-associated allele is shown, together with the corrected amino acid sequence following base editing. Underneath each sequence are the percentages of total sequencing reads with the corresponding base.
- Cells were nucleofected with plasmids encoding BE3 and an appropriate sgRNA.
- FIG. 40A shows the Alzheimer's disease-associated APOE4 allele is converted to APOE3r in mouse astrocytes by BE3 in 58.3% of total reads only when treated with the correct sgRNA. Two nearby Cs are also converted to Ts, but with no change to the predicted sequence of the resulting protein. Identical treatment of these cells with wt Cas9 and donor ssDNA results in 0.2% correction, with 26.7% indel formation.
- FIG. 40A shows the Alzheimer's disease-associated APOE4 allele is converted to APOE3r in mouse astrocytes by BE3 in 58.3% of total reads only when treated with the correct sgRNA. Two nearby Cs are also converted to Ts, but with no change to the predicted sequence of the resulting protein. Identical treatment of these cells with wt Cas9 and donor ssDNA results in 0.2% correction, with 26.7% indel formation.
- FIGS. 40A to 40B depict SEQ ID NOs: 671, 627, 672 and 629.
- FIG. 41 shows a schematic representation of an exemplary USER (Uracil-Specific Excision Reagent) Enzyme-based assay, which may be used to test the activity of various deaminases on single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) substrates.
- USER User-Specific Excision Reagent
- FIG. 42 is a schematic of the pmCDA-nCas9-UGI-NLS construct and its activity at the HeK-3 site relative to the base editor (rAPOBEC1) and the negative control (untreated). This figure depicts SEQ ID NO: 693.
- FIG. 43 is a schematic of the pmCDA1-XTEN-nCas9-UGI-NLS construct and its activity at the HeK-3 site relative to the base editor (rAPOBEC1) and the negative control (untreated). This figure depicts SEQ ID NO: 694.
- FIG. 44 shows the percent of total sequencing reads with target C converted to T using cytidine deaminases (CDA) or APOBEC.
- FIG. 45 shows the percent of total sequencing reads with target C converted to A using deaminases (CDA) or APOBEC.
- FIG. 46 shows the percent of total sequencing reads with target C converted to G using deaminases (CDA) or APOBEC.
- FIG. 47 is a schematic of the huAPOBEC3G-XTEN-nCas9-UGI-NLS construct and its activity at the HeK-2 site relative to a mutated form (huAPOBEC3G*(D316R_D317R)-XTEN-nCas9-UGI-NLS, the base editor (rAPOBEC1) and the negative control (untreated).
- This figure depicts SEQ ID NO: 695.
- FIG. 48 shows the schematic of the LacZ construct used in the selection assay of Example 7.
- FIG. 49 shows reversion data from different plasmids and constructs.
- FIG. 50 shows the verification of lacZ reversion and the purification of reverted clones.
- FIG. 51 is a schematic depicting a deamination selection plasmid used in Example 7.
- FIG. 52 shows the results of a chloramphenicol reversion assay (pmCDA1 fusion).
- FIGS. 53A to 53B demonstrated DNA correction induction of two constructs.
- FIG. 54 shows the results of a chloramphenicol reversion assay (huAPOBEC3G fusion).
- FIG. 55 shows the activities of BE3 and HF-BE3 at EMX1 off-targets.
- FIG. 56 shows on-target base editing efficiencies of BE3 and HF-BE3.
- FIG. 57 is a graph demonstrating that mutations affect cytidine deamination with varying degrees. Combinations of mutations that each slightly impairs catalysis allow selective deamination at one position over others.
- the FANCF site was GGAATC 6 C 7 C 8 TTC 11 TGCAGCACCTGG (SEQ ID NO: 128).
- FIG. 58 is a schematic depicting next generation base editors.
- FIG. 59 is a schematic illustrating new base editors made from Cas9 variants.
- FIG. 60 shows the base-edited percentage of different NGA PAM sites.
- FIG. 61 shows the base-edited percentage of cytidines using NGCG PAM EMX (VRER BE3) and the C 1 TC 3 C 4 C 5 ATC 8 AC 10 ATCAACCGGT (SEQ ID NO: 696) spacer.
- FIG. 62 shows the based-edited percentages resulting from different NNGRRT PAM sites.
- FIG. 63 shows the based-edited percentages resulting from different NNHRRT PAM sites.
- FIGS. 64A to 64C show the base-edited percentages resulting from different TTTN PAM sites using Cpf1 BE2.
- the spacers used were: TTTCCTC 3 C 4 C 5 C 6 C 7 C 8 C 9 AC 11 AGGTAGAACAT ( FIG. 64A , SEQ ID NO: 697), TTTCC 1 C 2 TC 4 TGTC 8 C 9 AC 11 ACCCTCATCCTG ( FIG. 64B , SEQ ID NO: 698), and TTTCC 1 C 2 C 3 AGTC 7 C 8 TC 10 C 11 AC B AC 15 C 16 C 17 TGAAAC ( FIG. 64C , SEQ ID NO: 699).
- FIG. 65 is a schematic depicting selective deamination as achieved through kinetic modulation of cytidine deaminase point mutagenesis.
- FIG. 66 is a graph showing the effect of various mutations on the deamination window probed in cell culture with multiple cytidines in the spacer.
- the spacer used was: TGC 3 C 4 C 5 C 6 TC 8 C 9 C 10 TC 12 C 13 C 14 TGGCCC (SEQ ID NO: 700).
- FIG. 67 is a graph showing the effect of various mutations on the deamination window probed in cell culture with multiple cytidines in the spacer.
- the spacer used was: AGAGC 5 C 6 C 7 C 8 C 9 C 10 C 11 TC 13 AAAGAGA (SEQ ID NO: 701).
- FIG. 68 is a graph showing the effect of various mutations on the FANCF site with a limited number of cytidines.
- the spacer used was: GGAATC 6 C 7 C 8 TTC 11 TGCAGCACCTGG (SEQ ID NO: 128). Note that the triple mutant (W90Y, R126E, R132E) preferentially edits the cytidine at the sixth position.
- FIG. 69 is a graph showing the effect of various mutations on the HEK3 site with a limited number of cytidines.
- the spacer used was: GGCC 4 C 5 AGACTGAGCACGTGATGG (SEQ ID NO: 702). Note that the double and triple mutants preferentially edit the cytidine at the fifth position over the cytidine in the fourth position.
- FIG. 70 is a graph showing the effect of various mutations on the EMX1 site with a limited number of cytidines.
- the spacer used was: GAGTC 5 C 6 GAGCAGAAGAAGAAGGG (SEQ ID NO: 703). Note that the triple mutant only edits the cytidine at the fifth position, not the sixth.
- FIG. 71 is a graph showing the effect of various mutations on the HEK2 site with a limited number of cytidines.
- the spacer used was: GAAC 4 AC 6 AAAGCATAGACTGCGGG (SEQ ID NO: 704).
- FIG. 72 shows on-target base editing efficiencies of BE3 and BE3 comprising mutations W90Y R132E in immortalized astrocytes.
- FIG. 73 depicts a schematic of three Cpf1 fusion constructs.
- FIG. 74 shows a comparison of plasmid delivery of BE3 and HF-BE3 (EMX1, FANCF, and RNF2).
- FIG. 75 shows a comparison of plasmid delivery of BE3 and HF-BE3 (HEK3 and HEK 4).
- FIG. 76 shows off-target editing of EMX-1 at all 10 sites. This figure depicts SEQ ID NOs: 127 and 637-645
- FIG. 77 shows deaminase protein lipofection to HEK cells using a GAGTCCGAGCAGAAGAAGAAG (SEQ ID NO: 705) spacer.
- the EMX-1 on-target and EMX-1 off target site 2 were examined.
- FIG. 78 shows deaminase protein lipofection to HEK cells using a GGAATCCCTTCTGCAGCACCTGG (SEQ ID NO: 706) spacer. The FANCF on target and FANCF off target site 1 were examined.
- FIG. 79 shows deaminase protein lipofection to HEK cells using a GGCCCAGACTGAGCACGTGA (SEQ ID NO: 707) spacer. The HEK-3 on target site was examined.
- FIG. 80 shows deaminase protein lipofection to HEK cells using a GGCACTGCGGCTGGAGGTGGGGG (SEQ ID NO: 708) spacer.
- the HEK-4 on target, off target site 1, site 3, and site 4.
- FIG. 81 shows the results of an in vitro assay for sgRNA activity for sgHR_13 (GTCAGGTCGAGGGTTCTGTC (SEQ ID NO: 709) spacer; C8 target: G51 to STOP), sgHR_14 (GGGCCGCAGTATCCTCACTC (SEQ ID NO: 710) spacer; C7 target; C7 target: Q68 to STOP), and sgHR_15 (CCGCCAGTCCCAGTACGGGA (SEQ ID NO: 711) spacer; C10 and C11 are targets: W239 or W237 to STOP).
- FIG. 82 shows the results of an in vitro assay for sgHR_17 (CAACCACTGCTCAAAGATGC (SEQ ID NO: 712) spacer; C4 and C5 are targets: W410 to STOP), and sgHR_16 (CTTCCAGGATGAGAACACAG (SEQ ID NO: 713) spacer; C4 and C5 are targets: W273 to STOP).
- FIG. 83 shows the direct injection of BE3 protein complexed with sgHR_13 in zebrafish embryos.
- FIG. 84 shows the direct injection of BE3 protein complexed with sgHR_16 in zebrafish embryos.
- FIG. 85 shows the direct injection of BE3 protein complexed with sgHR_17 in zebrafish embryos.
- FIG. 86 shows exemplary nucleic acid changes that may be made using base editors that are capable of making a cytosine to thymine change.
- FIG. 87 shows an illustration of apolipoprotein E (APOE) isoforms, demonstrating how a base editor (e.g., BE3) may be used to edit one APOE isoform (e.g., APOE4) into another APOE isoform (e.g., APOE3r) that is associated with a decreased risk of Alzheimer's disease.
- APOE apolipoprotein E
- FIG. 88 shows base editing of APOE4 to APOE3r in mouse astrocytes. This figure depicts SEQ ID Nos: 671 and 627.
- FIG. 89 shows base editing of PRNP to cause early truncation of the protein at arginine residue 37. This figure depicts SEQ ID Nos: 577 and 714.
- FIG. 90 shows that knocking out UDG (which UGI inhibits) dramatically improves the cleanliness of efficiency of C to T base editing.
- FIG. 91 shows that use of a base editor with the nickase but without UGI leads to a mixture of outcomes, with very high indel rates.
- FIGS. 92A to 92G show that SaBE3, SaKKH-BE3, VQR-BE3, EQR-BE3, and VRER-BE3 mediate efficient base editing at target sites containing non-NGG PAMs in human cells.
- FIG. 92A shows base editor architectures using S. pyogenes and S. aureus Cas9.
- FIG. 92B shows recently characterized Cas9 variants with alternate or relaxed PAM requirements.
- FIGS. 92C and 92D show HEK293T cells treated with the base editor variants shown as described in Example 12. The percentage of total DNA sequencing reads (with no enrichment for transfected cells) with C converted to T at the target positions indicated are shown. The PAM sequence of each target tested is shown below the X-axis.
- the charts show the results for SaBE3 and SaKKH-BE3 at genomic loci with NNGRRT PAMs ( FIG. 92C ), SaBE3 and SaKKH-BE3 at genomic loci with NNNRRT PAMs ( FIG. 92D ), VQR-BE3 and EQR-BE3 at genomic loci with NGAG PAMs ( FIG. 92E ), and with NGAH PAMs ( FIG. 92F ), and VRER-BE3 at genomic loci with NGCG PAMs ( FIG. 92G ).
- Values and error bars reflect the mean and standard deviation of at least two biological replicates.
- FIGS. 93A to 93C demonstrate that base editors with mutations in the cytidine deaminase domain exhibit narrowed editing windows.
- FIGS. 93A to 93C show HEK293T cells transfected with plasmids expressing mutant base editors and an appropriate sgRNA. Three days after transfection, genomic DNA was extracted and analyzed by high-throughput DNA sequencing at the indicated loci.
- FIG. 93A illustrates certain cytidine deaminase mutations which narrow the base editing window. See FIG. 98 for the characterization of additional mutations.
- FIG. 93B shows the effect of cytidine deaminase mutations which effect the editing window width on genomic loci.
- FIG. 93C shows that YE1-BE3, YE2-BE3, EE-BE3, and YEE-BE3 effect the product distribution of base editing, producing predominantly singly-modified products in contrast with BE3. Values and error bars reflect the mean and standard deviation of at least two biological replicates.
- FIGS. 94A and 94B show genetic variants from ClinVar that in principle can be corrected by the base editors developed in this work.
- the NCBI ClinVar database of human genetic variations and their corresponding phenotypes was searched for genetic diseases that in theory can be corrected by base editing.
- FIG. 94A demonstrates improvement in base editing targeting scope among all pathogenic T ⁇ C mutations in the ClinVar database through the use of base editors with altered PAM specificities.
- the white fractions denote the proportion of pathogenic T ⁇ C mutations accessible on the basis of the PAM requirements of either BE3, or BE3 together with the five modified-PAM base editors developed in this work.
- 94B shows improvement in base editing targeting scope among all pathogenic T ⁇ C mutations in the ClinVar database through the use of base editors with narrowed activity windows.
- BE3 was assumed to edit Cs in positions 4-8 with comparable efficiency as shown in FIGS. 93A to 93C .
- YEE-BE3 was assumed to edit with C5>C6>C7>others preference within its activity window.
- the white fractions denote the proportion of pathogenic T ⁇ C mutations that can be edited BE3 without comparable editing of other Cs (left), or that can be edited BE3 or YEE-BE3 without comparable editing of other Cs (right).
- FIGS. 95A to 95B show the effect of truncated guide RNAs on base editing window width.
- HEK293T cells were transfected with plasmids expressing BE3 and sgRNAs of different 5′ truncation lengths. The treated cells were analyzed as described in the Examples.
- FIG. 95A shows protospacer and PAM sequence (top, SEQ ID NO: 715) and cellular C to T conversion percentages, defined as the percentage of total DNA sequencing reads with Ts at the target positions indicated, at a site within the EMX1 genomic locus. At this site, the base editing window was altered through the use of a 17-nt truncated gRNA.
- 95B shows protospacer and PAM sequences (top, SEQ ID NOs: 715 and 716) and cellular C to T conversion percentages, defined as the percentage of total DNA sequencing reads with Ts at the target positions indicated, at sites within the HEK site 3 and site 4 genomic loci. At these sites, no change in the base editing window was observed, but a linear decrease in editing efficiency for all substrate bases as the sgRNA is truncated was noted.
- FIG. 96 shows the effect of APOBEC1-Cas9 linker lengths on base editing window width.
- HEK293T cells were transfected with plasmids expressing base editors with rAPOBEC1-Cas9 linkers of XTEN, GGS, (GGS) 3 (SEQ ID NO: 610), (GGS) 5 (SEQ ID NO: 610), or (GGS) 7 (SEQ ID NO: 610) and an sgRNA.
- the treated cells were analyzed as described in the Examples.
- Cellular C to T conversion percentages defined as the percentage of total DNA sequencing reads with Ts at the target positions indicated, are shown for the various base editors with different linkers.
- FIGS. 97A to 97C show the effect of rAPOBEC mutations on base editing window width.
- FIG. 97C shows HEK293T cells transfected with plasmids expressing an sgRNA targeting either Site A or Site B and the BE3 point mutants indicated. The treated cells were analyzed as described in the Examples. All C's in the protospacer and within three basepairs of the protospacer are displayed and the cellular C to T conversion percentages are shown. The ‘editing window widths’, defined as the calculated number of nucleotides within which editing efficiency exceeds the half-maximal value, are displayed for all tested mutants.
- FIG. 98 shows the effect of APOBEC1 mutation son product distributions of base editing in mammalian cells.
- HEK293T cells were transfected with plasmids expressing BE3 or its mutants and an appropriate sgRNAs. The treated cells were analyzed as described in the Examples. Cellular C to T conversion percentages, defined as the percentage of total DNA sequencing reads with Ts at the target positions indicated, are shown (left). Percent of total sequencing reads containing the C to T conversion is shown on the right.
- the BE3 point mutants do not significantly affect base editing efficiencies at HEK site 4, a site with only one target cytidine.
- FIG. 99 shows a comparison of on-target editing plasma delivery in BE3 and HF-BE3.
- FIG. 100 shows a comparison of on-target editing in protein and plasma delivery of BE3.
- FIG. 101 shows a comparison of on-target editing in protein and plasma devliery of HF-BE3.
- FIG. 102 shows that both lipofection and installing HF mutations decrease off-target deamination events.
- the diamond indicates no off targets were detected and the specificity ratio was set to 100.
- FIG. 103 shows in vitro C to T editing on a synthetic substrate with Cs placed at even positions in the protospacer (NNNNTC 2 TC 4 TC 6 TC 8 TC 10 TC 12 TC 14 TC 16 TC 18 TC 20 NGG, SEQ ID NO: 723).
- FIG. 104 shows in vitro C to T editing on a synthetic substrate with Cs placed at odd positions in the protospacer (NNNNTC 2 TC 4 TC 6 TC 8 TC 10 TC 12 TC 14 TC 16 TC 18 TC 20 NGG, SEQ ID NO: 723).
- FIG. 105 includes two graphs depicting the specificity ratio of base editing with plasmid vs. protein delivery.
- FIGS. 106A to 106B shows BE3 activity on non-NGG PAM sites.
- HEK293T cells were transfected with plasmids expressing BE3 and appropriate sgRNA. The treated cells were analyzed as described in the Examples.
- FIG. 106A shows BE3 activity on sites can be efficiently targeted by SaBE3 or SaKKH-BE3.
- BE3 shows low but significant activity on the NAG PAM. This figure depicts SEQ ID NOs: 728 and 729.
- FIG. 106B shows BE3 has significantly reduced editing at sites with NGA or NGCG PAMs, in contrast to VQR-BE3 or VRER-BE3. This figure depicts SEQ ID NOs: 730 and 731.
- FIGS. 107A to 107B show the effect of APOBEC1 mutations on VQR-BE3 and SaKKH-BE3.
- HEK293T cells were transfected with plasmids expressing VQR-BE3, SaKKH-BE3 or its mutants and an appropriate sgRNAs. The treated cells were analyzed as described in the Examples below. Cellular C to T conversion percentages, defined as the percentage of total DNA sequencing reads with Ts at the target positions indicated, are shown.
- FIG. 107A shows that the window-modulating mutations can be applied to VQR-BE3 to enable selective base editing at sites targetable by NGA PAM. This figure depicts SEQ ID NOs: 732 and 733.
- FIG. 107B shows that, when applied to SaKKH-BE3, the mutations cause overall decrease in base editing efficiency without conferring base selectivity within the target window. This figure depicts SEQ ID NOs: 728 and 734.
- FIG. 108 shows a schematic representation of nucleotide editing.
- MMR mimatch repair
- BE3 Nickase refers to base editor 3, which comprises a Cas9 nickase domain
- UMI uracil glycosylase inhibitor
- UG uracil DNA glycosylase
- APOBEC refers to an APOBEC cytidine deaminase.
- FIG. 109 shows schematic representations of exemplary base editing constructs.
- the structural arrangement of base editing constructs is shown for BE3, BE4-pmCDA1, BE4-hAID, BE4-3G, BE4-N, BE4-SSB, BE4-(GGS) 3 , BE4-XTEN, BE4-32aa, BE4-2 ⁇ UGI, and BE4.
- Linkers are shown in grey (XTEN, SGGS (SEQ ID NO: 606), (GGS) 3 (SEQ ID NO: 610), and 32aa).
- Deaminases are shown (rAPOBEC1, pmCDA1, hAID, and hAPOBEC3G).
- Uracil DNA Glycosylase Inhibitor (UGI) is shown.
- FIG. 109 shows the following target sequences: EMX1, FANCF, HEK2, HEK3, HEK4, and RNF2.
- the amino acid sequences are indicated in SEQ ID NOs: 127-132 from top to bottom.
- the PAM sequences are the last three nucleotides.
- the target cytosine (C) is numbered and indicated in red.
- FIG. 110 shows the base editing results for the indicated base editing constructs (BE3, pmCDA1 hAID, hAPOBEC3G, BE4-N, BE4-SSB, BE4-(GGS) 3 , BE-XTEN, BE4-32aa, and BE4-2 ⁇ UGI) on the targeted cytoine (C 5 ) of the EMX1 sequence, GAGTC 5 CGAGCAGAAGAAGAAGGG (SEQ ID NO: 127).
- the total percentage of targeted cytosines (C 5 ) that were mutated is indicated for each base editing construct, under “C 5 ”.
- the total percentage of indels is indicated for each base editing construct, under “indel”.
- the proportion of mutated cytosines that were mutated to an adenine (A), guanine (G), or thymine (T) are indicated for each base editing construct in the pie chart.
- FIG. 111 shows the base editing results for the indicated base editing constructs (BE3, pmCDA1 hAID, hAPOBEC3G, BE4-N, BE4-SSB, BE4-(GGS) 3 , BE-XTEN, BE4-32aa, and BE4-2 ⁇ UGI) on the targeted cytoine (C 8 ) of the FANCF sequence, GGAATCCC 8 TTCTGCAGCACCTGG (SEQ ID NO: 128).
- the total percentage of targeted cytosines (C 8 ) that were mutated are indicated for each base editing construct, under “C 8 ”.
- the total percentage of indels are indicated for each base editing construct, under “indel”.
- the proportion of mutated cytosines that were mutated to an adenine (A), guanine (G), or thymine (T) are indicated for each base editing construct in the pie chart.
- FIG. 112 shows the base editing results for the indicated base editing constructs (BE3, pmCDA1 hAID, hAPOBEC3G, BE4-N, BE4-SSB, BE4-(GGS) 3 , BE-XTEN, BE4-32aa, and BE4-2 ⁇ UGI) on the targeted cytoine (C 6 ) of the HEK2 sequence, GAACAC 6 AAAGCATAGACTGCGGG (SEQ ID NO: 129).
- the total percentage of targeted cytosines (C 6 ) that were mutated are indicated for each base editing construct, under “C 6 ”.
- the total percentage of indels are indicated for each base editing construct, under “indel”.
- the proportion of mutated cytosines that were mutated to an adenine (A), guanine (G), or thymine (T) are indicated for each base editing construct in the pie chart.
- FIG. 113 shows the base editing results for the indicated base editing constructs (BE3, pmCDA1 hAID, hAPOBEC3G, BE4-N, BE4-SSB, BE4-(GGS) 3 , BE-XTEN, BE4-32aa, and BE4-2 ⁇ UGI) on the targeted cytoine (C 5 ) of the HEK3 sequence, GGCCC 5 AGACTGAGCACGTGATGG (SEQ ID NO: 130).
- the total percentage of targeted cytosines (C 5 ) that were mutated are indicated for each base editing construct, under “C 5 .”.
- the total percentage of indels are indicated for each base editing construct, under “indel”.
- the proportion of mutated cytosines that were mutated to an adenine (A), guanine (G), or thymine (T) are indicated for each base editing construct in the pie chart.
- FIG. 114 shows the base editing results for the indicated base editing constructs (BE3, pmCDA1 hAID, hAPOBEC3G, BE4-N, BE4-SSB, BE4-(GGS) 3 , BE-XTEN, BE4-32aa, and BE4-2 ⁇ UGI) on the targeted cytoine (C 5 ) of the HEK4 sequence, GGCAC 5 TGCGGCTGGAGGTCCGGG (SEQ ID NO: 131).
- the total percentage of targeted cytosines (C 5 ) that were mutated are indicated for each base editing construct, under “C 5 .”.
- the total percentage of indels are indicated for each base editing construct, under “indel”.
- the proportion of mutated cytosines that were mutated to an adenine (A), guanine (G), or thymine (T) are indicated for each base editing construct in the pie chart.
- FIG. 115 shows the base editing results for the indicated base editing constructs (BE3, pmCDA1 hAID, hAPOBEC3G, BE4-N, BE4-SSB, BE4-(GGS) 3 , BE-XTEN, BE4-32aa, and BE4-2 ⁇ UGI) on the targeted cytoine (C 6 ) of the RNF2 sequence, GTCATC 6 TTAGTCATTACCTGAGG (SEQ ID NO: 132).
- the total percentage of targeted cytosines (C 6 ) that were mutated are indicated for each base editing construct, under “C 6 .”.
- the total percentage of indels are indicated for each base editing construct, under “indel”.
- the proportion of mutated cytosines that were mutated to an adenine (A), guanine (G), or thymine (T) are indicated for each base editing construct in the pie chart.
- FIG. 116 shows exemplary fluorescent labeled (Cy3 labeled) DNA constructs used to test for Cpf1 mutants that nick the target strand.
- both the non-target strand (top strand) and target strand (bottom strand) are fluorescently labeled.
- the non-target strand (top strand) is fluorescently labeled and the target strand (bottom strand) is not fluorescently labeled.
- the non-target strand (top strand) is not fluorescently labeled and the target strand (bottom strand) is fluorescently labeled.
- FIG. 117 shows data demonstrating the ability of various Cpf1 constructs (e.g., R836A, R1138A, wild-type) to cleave the target and non-target strands of the DNA constructs shown in FIG. 116 over the reaction time of either 30 minutes (30 min) or greater than two hours (2 h+).
- Cpf1 constructs e.g., R836A, R1138A, wild-type
- FIG. 118 shows data demonstrating that a base editor having the architecture, APOBEC-AsCpf1(R912A)-UGI is capable of editing C residues (e.g., of target sequences FANCF1, FANCF2, HEK3-3, and HEK3-4) having a window from the 7 th to the 11 th base of the target sequence.
- BG indicates background mutation levels (untreated).
- AsCpf1 indicates AsCpf1 only treated (control)
- APOBEC-AsCpf1(R912A)-UGI indicates a base editor containing a Cpf1 that preferentially cuts the target strand
- APOBEC-AsCpf1(R1225A)-UGI indicates a self-defeating base editor containing a Cpf1 that cuts the non-target strand.
- the target sequences of FANCF1, FANCF2, HEK3-3, and HEK3-4 are as follows:
- FANCF1 GCGGATGTTCCAATCAGTACGCA
- FANCF2 SEQ ID NO: 725) CGAGCTTCTGGCGGTCTCAAGCA HEK3-3 (SEQ ID NO: 726) TGCTTCTCCAGCCCTGGCCTGG HEK3-4 (SEQ ID NO: 727) AGACTGAGCACGTGATGGCAGAG
- FIG. 119 shows a schematic representation of a base editor comprising a Cpf1 protein (e.g., AsCpf1 or LbCpf1).
- Cpf1 protein e.g., AsCpf1 or LbCpf1.
- Different linker sequences e.g., XTEN, GGS, (GGS) 3 (SEQ ID NO: 610), (GGS) 5 (SEQ ID NO: 610), and (GGS) 7 (SEQ ID NO: 610)
- linker sequences e.g., XTEN, GGS, (GGS) 3 (SEQ ID NO: 610), (GGS) 5 (SEQ ID NO: 610), and (GGS) 7 (SEQ ID NO: 610)
- FIG. 120 shows data demonstrating the ability of the construct shown in FIG. 119 to edit the C 8 residue of the HEK3 site TGCTTCTC 8 CAGCCCTGGCCTGG (SEQ ID NO: 592).
- Different linker sequences which link the APOBEC domain to the Cpf1 domain (e.g., LbCpf1(R836A) or AsCpf1(R912A)) were tested.
- Exemplary linkers that were tested include XTEN, GGS, (GGS) 3 (SEQ ID NO: 610), (GGS) 5 (SEQ ID NO: 610), and (GGS) 7 (SEQ ID NO: 610).
- FIG. 121 shows data demonstrating the ability of the construct shown in FIG. 119 , having the LbCpf1 domain, to edit the C 8 and C 9 residues of the HEK3 TGCTTCTC 8 C 9 AGCCCTGGCCTGG (SEQ ID NO: 592).
- Different linker sequences from a database maintained by the Centre of Integrative Bioinformatics VU, which link the APOBEC domain to the LbCpf1 domain were tested.
- Exemplary linkers that were tested include 1au7, 1c1k, 1c20, 1ee8, 1flz, 1ign, 1jmc, 1sfe, 2ezx, and 2reb.
- FIG. 122 shows a schematic representation of the structure of AsCpf1, where the N and C termini are indicated.
- FIG. 123 shows a schematic representation of the structure of SpCas9, where the N and C termini are indicated.
- FIG. 124 shows a schematic representation of AsCpf1, where the red circle indicates the predicted area where the editing window is.
- the square indicates a helical region that may be obstructing APOBEC activity.
- FIGS. 125A and 125B show engineering and in vitro characterization of a high fidelity base editor (HF-BE3).
- FIG. 125A shows a schematic representation of HF-BE3. Point mutations introduced into BE3 to generate HF-BE3 are shown. The representation used PDB structures 4UN3 (Cas9), 4ROV (cytidine deaminase) and 1UGI (uracil DNA glycosylase inhibitor).
- FIG. 125B shows in vitro deamination of synthetic substrates containing ‘TC’ repeat protospacers. Values and error bars reflect mean and range of two independent replicates performed on different days.
- FIGS. 126A to 126C show purification of base editor proteins.
- FIG. 126A shows selection of optimal E. coli strain for base editor expression. After IPTG-induced protein expression for 16 h at 18° C., crude cell lysate was analyzed for protein content.
- BL21 Star (DE3) (Thermo Fisher) cells showed the most promising post-expression levels of both BE3 and HF-BE3 and were used for expression of base editors.
- FIG. 126B shows purification of expressed base editor proteins. Placing the His6 tag on the C-terminus of the base editors lead to production of a truncation product for both BE3 and HF-BE3 (lanes 1 and 2).
- FIG. 126C shows purified BE3 and HF-BE3. Different concentrations of purified BE3 and HF-BE3 were denatured using heat and LDS and loaded onto a polyacrylamide gel. Protein samples are representative of proteins used in this study. Gels in FIGS. 126A to 126C are BOLT Bis-Tris Plus 4-12% polyacrylamide (Thermo Fisher). Electrophoresis and staining were performed as described in Methods.
- FIGS. 127A to 127D show activity of a high fidelity base editor (HF-BE3) in human cells.
- FIGS. 127A to 127C show on- and off-target editing associated with plasmid transfection of BE3 and HF-BE3 was assayed using high-throughput sequencing of genomic DNA from HEK293T cells treated with sgRNAs targeting non-repetitive genomic loci EMX1 ( FIG. 127A ), FANCF ( FIG. 127B ), and HEK293 site 3 ( FIG. 127C ).
- On- and off-target loci associated with each sgRNA are separated by a vertical line.
- FIG. 127D shows on- and off-target editing associated with the highly repetitive sgRNA targeting VEGFA site 2.
- FIGS. 128A to 128C show the effect of dosage of BE3 protein or plasmid on the efficiency of on-target and off-target base editing in cultured human cells.
- FIG. 128A shows on-target editing efficiency at each of the four genomic loci was averaged across all edited cytosines in the activity window for each sgRNA. Values and error bars reflect mean ⁇ S.E.M of three independent biological replicates performed on different days.
- FIGS. 128B and 128C show on- and off-target editing at the EMX1 site arising from BE3 plasmid titration ( FIG. 128B ) or BE3 protein titration ( FIG. 128C ) in HEK293T cells. Values and error bars reflect mean ⁇ S.D. of three independent biological replicates performed on different days.
- FIGS. 129A to 129B show on-target:off-target base editing frequency ratios for plasmid and protein delivery of BE3 and HF-BE3.
- Base editing on-target:off-target specificity ratios were calculated by dividing the on-target editing percentage at a particular cytosine in the activity window by the off-target editing percentage at the corresponding cytosine for the indicated off-target locus (see Methods).
- off-target editing was below the threshold of detection (0.025% of sequencing reads)
- FIGS. 130A to 130D show protein delivery of base editors into cultured human cells.
- FIGS. 130A to 130D show on- and off-target editing associated with RNP delivery of base editors complexed with sgRNAs targeting EMX1 ( FIG. 130A ), FANCF ( FIG. 130B ), HEK293 site 3 ( FIG. 130C ) and VEGFA site 2 ( FIG. 130D ).
- Off-target base editing was undetectable at all of the sequenced loci for non-repetitive sgRNAs.
- Values and error bars reflect mean ⁇ S.D. of three independent biological replicates performed on different days. Stars indicate significant editing based on a comparison between the treated sample and an untreated control. *p ⁇ 0.05, **p ⁇ 0.01 and ***p ⁇ 0.001 (Student's two tailed t-test).
- FIGS. 131A to 131C show indel formation associated with base editing at genomic loci.
- FIG. 131A shows indel frequency at on-target loci for VEGFA site 2, EMX1, FANCF, and HEK293 site 3 sgRNAs.
- FIG. 131B shows the ratio of base editing:indel formation. The diamond ( ⁇ ) indicates no indels were detected (no significant difference in indel frequency in the treated sample and in the untreated control).
- FIG. 131C shows indels observed at the off-target loci associated with the on-target sites interrogated in FIG. 131A . Values and error bars reflect mean ⁇ S.D. of three independent biological replicates performed on different days.
- FIGS. 132A to 132D show DNA-free in vivo base editing in zebrafish embryos and in the inner ear of live mice using RNP delivery of BE3.
- FIG. 132A shows on-target genome editing in zebrafish harvested 4 days after injection of BE3 complexed with indicated sgRNA. Values and error bars reflect mean ⁇ s.d. of three injected and three control zebrafish. Controls were injected with BE3 complexed with an unrelated sgRNA.
- FIG. 132B shows schematic showing in vivo injection of BE3:sgRNA complexes encapsulated into cationic lipid nanoparticles
- FIG. 132C shows base editing of cytosine residues in the base editor window at the VEGFA site 2 genomic locus.
- FIG. 132D shows on-target editing at each cytosine in the base editing window of the VEGFA site 2 target locus.
- FIG. 132D ( FIGS. 132C and 132D ) shows values and error bars reflect mean ⁇ S.E.M. of three mice injected with sgRNA targeting VEGFA Site 2, three uninjected mice and one mouse injected with unrelated sgRNA.
- FIGS. 133A to 133E show on- and off-target base editing in murine NIH/3T3 cells.
- FIG. 133A shows on-target base editing associated with the ‘VEGFA site 2’ sgRNA (See FIG. 132E for sequences). The negative control corresponds to cells treated with plasmid encoding BE3 but no sgRNA. Values and error bars reflect mean ⁇ S.D. of three independent biological replicates performed on different days.
- FIGS. 133B to 133E show off-target editing associated with this site was measured using high-throughput DNA sequencing at the top four predicted off-target loci for this sgRNA (sequences shown in FIG. 132E ).
- FIG. 133B shows off-target 2
- FIG. 133C shows off-target 1
- FIG. 133D shows off-target 3
- FIG. 133E shows off-target 4. Values and error bars reflect mean ⁇ S.D. of three independent biological replicates performed on different days.
- FIGS. 134A to 134B show off-target base editing and on-target indel analysis from in vivo-edited murine tissue.
- FIG. 134A shows editing plotted for each cytosine in the base editing window of off-target loci associated with VEGFA site 2.
- FIG. 134B shows indel rates at the on-target base editor locus. Values and error bars reflect mean ⁇ S.E.M of three injected and three control mice.
- FIGS. 135A to 135C show the effects on base editing product purity of knocking out UNG.
- FIG. 135A shows HAP1 (UNG + ) and HAP1 UNG ⁇ cells treated with BE3 as described in the Materials and Methods of Example 17. The product distribution among edited DNA sequencing reads (reads in which the target C is mutated) is shown.
- FIG. 135B shows protospacers and PAM sequences of the genomic loci tested, with the target Cs analyzed in FIG. 135A shown in red.
- FIG. 135C shows the frequency of indel formation following treatment with BE3 in HAP1 cells or HAP1 UNG ⁇ cells. Values and error bars reflect the mean ⁇ S.D. of three independent biological replicates performed on different days.
- FIGS. 136A to 136D show the effects of multi-C base editing on product purity.
- FIG. 136A shows representative high-throughput sequencing data of untreated, BE3-treated, and AID-BE3-treated human HEK293T cells. The sequence of the protospacer is shown at the top, with the PAM and the target Cs in red with subscripted numbers indicating their position within the protospacer. Underneath each sequence are the percentages of total sequencing reads with the corresponding base. The relative percentage of target Cs that are cleanly edited to T rather than to non-T bases is much higher for AID-BE3-treated cells, which edits three Cs at this locus, than for BE3-treated cells, which edits only one C.
- FIG. 136A shows representative high-throughput sequencing data of untreated, BE3-treated, and AID-BE3-treated human HEK293T cells. The sequence of the protospacer is shown at the top, with the PAM and the target Cs in red with subscript
- FIG. 136B shows HEK293T cells treated with BE3, CDA1-BE3, and AID-BE3 as described in the Materials and Methods of Example 17.
- the product distribution among edited DNA sequencing reads is shown.
- FIG. 136C shows protospacers and PAM sequences of genomic loci studied, with the target Cs that are analyzed in FIG. 136B shown in red.
- FIG. 136D shows the frequency of indel formation following the treatment shown in FIG. 136A . Values and error bars reflect the mean ⁇ S.D. of three independent biological replicates performed on different days.
- FIGS. 137A to 137C show the effects on C-to-T editing efficiencies and product purities of changing the architecture of BE3.
- FIG. 137A shows protospacers and PAM sequences of genomic loci studied, with the target Cs in FIG. 137C shown in purple and red, and the target Cs in FIG. 137B shown in red.
- FIG. 137B shows HEK293T cells treated with BE3, SSB-BE3, N-UGI-BE3, and BE3-2 ⁇ UGI as described in the Materials and Methods of Example 17.
- the product distribution among edited DNA sequencing reads is shown for BE3, N-UGI-BE3, and BE3-2 ⁇ UGI.
- FIG. 137C shows C-to-T base editing efficiencies. Values and error bars reflect the mean ⁇ S.D. of three independent biological replicates performed on different days.
- FIGS. 138A to 138D show the effects of linker length variation in BE3 on C-to-T editing efficiencies and product purities.
- FIG. 138A shows the architecture of BE3, BE3C, BE3D, and BE3E
- FIG. 138B shows protospacers and PAM sequences of genomic loci studied, with the target Cs in FIG. 138C shown in purple and red, and target Cs in FIG. 138D shown in red.
- FIG. 138C shows HEK293T cells treated with BE3, BE3C, BE3D, or BE3E as described in the Materials and Methods of Example 17. C-to-T base editing efficiencies are shown.
- FIG. 138A shows the architecture of BE3, BE3C, BE3D, and BE3E
- FIG. 138B shows protospacers and PAM sequences of genomic loci studied, with the target Cs in FIG. 138C shown in purple and red, and target Cs in FIG. 138D shown in red.
- FIG. 138C
- 138D shows the product distribution among edited DNA sequencing reads (reads in which the target C is mutated) for BE3, BE3C, BE3D, and BE3E. Values and error bars reflect the mean ⁇ S.D. of three independent biological replicates performed on different days.
- FIGS. 139A to 139D show BE4 increases base editing efficiency and product purities compared to BE3.
- FIG. 139A shows the architectures of BE3, BE4, and Target-AID.
- FIG. 139B shows protospacers and PAM sequences of genomic loci studied, with the target Cs in FIG. 139C shown in purple and red, and the target Cs in FIG. 139D shown in red.
- FIG. 139C shows HEK293T cells treated with BE3, BE4, or Target-AID as described in the Materials and Methods of Example 17. C-to-T base editing efficiencies are shown.
- FIG. 139D shows the product distribution among edited DNA sequencing reads (reads in which the target C is mutated) for BE3 and BE4. Values and error bars reflect the mean ⁇ S.D. of three independent biological replicates performed on different days.
- FIGS. 140A to 140C show CDA1-BE3 and AID-BE3 edit Cs following target Gs more efficiently than BE3.
- FIG. 140A shows protospacer and PAM sequences of genomic loci studied, with target Cs edited by BE3, CDA1-BE3, and AID-BE3 shown in red, and target Cs (following Gs) edited by CDA1-BE3 and AID-BE3 only shown in purple.
- FIG. 140B shows HEK293T cells treated with BE3, CDA1-BE3, AID-BE3, or APOBEC3G-BE3 as described in the Materials and Methods of Example 17. C-to-T base editing efficiencies are shown.
- FIG. 140A shows protospacer and PAM sequences of genomic loci studied, with target Cs edited by BE3, CDA1-BE3, and AID-BE3 shown in red, and target Cs (following Gs) edited by CDA1-BE3 and AID-BE3 only shown in purple.
- FIG. 140B shows HEK2
- 140C shows individual DNA sequencing reads from HEK293T cells that were treated with BE3, CDA1-BE3, or AID-BE3 targeting the HEK2 locus and binned according to the sequence of the protospacer and analyzed, revealing that >85% of sequencing reads that have clean C to Tedits by CDA1-BE3 and AID-BE3 have both Cs edited to T ( FIG. 140C ).
- FIGS. 141A to 141C show uneven editing in sites with multiple editable Cs results in lower product purity.
- FIG. 141A shows protospacers and PAM sequences of genomic loci studied, with the target Cs in FIG. 141C shown in purple and red, and target Cs in FIG. 141B shown in red.
- FIGS. 141B and 141C show HEK293T cells treated with BE3 as described in the Materials and Methods of Example 17.
- the product distribution among edited DNA sequencing reads reads in which the target C is mutated
- C to non-T editing is more frequent when editing efficiencies are unequal for two Cs within the same locus. Values and error bars reflect the mean ⁇ S.D. of three independent biological replicates performed on different days.
- FIGS. 142A to 142D show base editing of multiple Cs results in higher base editing product purity.
- FIG. 142A shows protospacers and PAM sequences of genomic loci studied, with the target Cs that are investigated in FIG. 142B shown in red.
- FIG. 142B shows HEK293T cells treated with BE3 or BE3B (which lacks UGI) as described in the Materials and Methods of Example 17. The product distribution among edited DNA sequencing reads (reads in which the target C is mutated) is shown.
- FIG. 142C shows the HTS reads from HEK293T cells that were treated with BE3 or BE3B (which lacks UGI) targeting the HEK2 locus were binned according to the identity of the primary target C at position 6.
- FIG. 142D shows the distribution of edited reads with A, G, and T at C 5 in cells treated with BE3 or BE3B targeting the HEK4 locus (a site with only a single editable C), illustrating that single G:U mismatches are processed via UNG-initiated base excision repair to give a mixture of products. Values and error bars reflect the mean ⁇ S.D. of three independent biological replicates performed on different days.
- FIG. 143 shows base editing of multiple Cs results in higher base editing product purity at the HEK3 and RNF2 loci.
- DNA sequencing reads from HEK293T cells treated with BE3 or BE3B (without UGI) targeting the HEK3 and RNF2 loci were separated according to the identity of the base at the primary target C position (in red). The four groups of sequencing reads were then interrogated for the identity of the base at the secondary target C position (in purple).
- the primary target C (in red) is incorrectly edited to G, the secondary target C is more likely to remain C.
- the primary target C (in red) is converted to T, the secondary target C is more likely to also be edited to a T in the same sequencing read.
- Values and error bars reflect the mean ⁇ S.D. of three independent biological replicates performed on different days.
- FIGS. 144A to 144C show BE4 induces lower indel frequencies than BE3, and Target-AID exhibits similar product purities as CDA1-BE3.
- FIG. 144A shows HEK293T cells treated with BE3, BE4, or Target-AID as described in the Materials and Methods of Example 17. The frequency of indel formation (see Materials and Methods of Example 17) is shown.
- FIG. 144B shows HEK293T cells treated with CDA1-BE3 or Target-AID as described in the Materials and Methods of Example 17.
- the product distribution among edited DNA sequencing reads reads in which the target C is mutated
- FIG. 144C shows protospacers and PAM sequences of genomic loci studied, with the target Cs that are investigated in FIG. 144B shown in red. Values and error bars reflect the mean ⁇ S.D. of three independent biological replicates performed on different days.
- FIGS. 145A to 145C show SaBE4 exhibits increased base editing yields and product purities compared to SaBE3.
- FIG. 145A shows HEK293T cells treated with SaBE3 and SaBE4 as described in the Materials and Methods of Example 17. The percentage of total DNA sequencing reads with Ts at the target positions indicated are shown.
- FIG. 145B shows protospacers and PAM sequences of genomic loci studied, with the target Cs in FIG. 145A shown in purple and red, with target Cs that are investigated in FIG. 145C shown in red.
- FIG. 145C shows the product distribution among edited DNA sequencing reads (reads in which the target C is mutated). Values and error bars reflect the mean ⁇ S.D. of three independent biological replicates performed on different days.
- FIG. 146 shows base editing outcomes from treatment with BE3, CDA1-BE3, AID-BE3, or APOBEC3G-BE3 at the EMX1 locus.
- the sequence of the protospacer is shown at the top, with the PAM and the target bases in red with a subscripted number indicating their positions within the protospacer. Underneath the sequence are the percentages of total sequencing reads with the corresponding base.
- Cells were treated as described in the Materials and Methods of Example 17. Values shown are from one representative experiment.
- FIG. 147 shows base editing outcomes from treatment with BE3, CDA1-BE3, AID-BE3, or APOBEC3G-BE3 at the FANCF locus.
- the sequence of the protospacer is shown at the top, with the PAM and the target bases in red with a subscripted number indicating their positions within the protospacer. Underneath the sequence are the percentages of total sequencing reads with the corresponding base.
- Cells were treated as described in the Materials and Methods of Example 17. Values shown are from one representative experiment.
- FIG. 148 shows base editing outcomes from treatment with BE3, CDA1-BE3, AID-BE3, or APOBEC3G-BE3 at the HEK2 locus.
- the sequence of the protospacer is shown at the top, with the PAM and the target bases in red with a subscripted number indicating their positions within the protospacer. Underneath the sequence are the percentages of total sequencing reads with the corresponding base.
- Cells were treated as described in the Materials and Methods of Example 17. Values shown are from one representative experiment.
- FIG. 149 shows base editing outcomes from treatment with BE3, CDA1-BE3, AID-BE3, or APOBEC3G-BE3 at the HEK3 locus.
- the sequence of the protospacer is shown at the top, with the PAM and the target bases in red with a subscripted number indicating their positions within the protospacer. Underneath the sequence are the percentages of total sequencing reads with the corresponding base.
- Cells were treated as described in the Materials and Methods of Example 17. Values shown are from one representative experiment.
- FIG. 150 shows base editing outcomes from treatment with BE3, CDA1-BE3, AID-BE3, or APOBEC3G-BE3 at the HEK4 locus.
- the sequence of the protospacer is shown at the top, with the PAM and the target bases in red with a subscripted number indicating their positions within the protospacer. Underneath the sequence are the percentages of total sequencing reads with the corresponding base.
- Cells were treated as described in the Materials and Methods of Example 17. Values shown are from one representative experiment.
- FIG. 151 shows base editing outcomes from treatment with BE3, CDA1-BE3, AID-BE3, or APOBEC3G-BE3 at the RNF2 locus.
- the sequence of the protospacer is shown at the top, with the PAM and the target bases in red with a subscripted number indicating their positions within the protospacer. Underneath the sequence are the percentages of total sequencing reads with the corresponding base.
- Cells were treated as described in the Materials and Methods of Example 17. Values shown are from one representative experiment.
- FIG. 152 shows a schematic of LBCpf1 fusion constructs.
- Construct 10 has a domain arrangement of [Apobec]-[LbCpf1]-[UGI]-[UGI]; construct 11 has a domain arrangement of [Apobec]-[LbCpf1]-[UGI]; construct 12 has a domain arrangement of [UGI]-[Apobec]-[LbCpf1]; construct 13 has a domain arrangement of [Apobec]-[UGI]-[LbCpf1]; construct 14 has a domain arrangement of [LbCpf1]-[UGI]-[Apobec]; construct 15 has a domain arrangement of [LbCpf1]-[Apobec]-[UGI].
- LbCpf1 proteins were used (D/N/A, which refers to nuclease dead LbCpf1 (D); LbCpf1 nickase (N) and nuclease active LbCpf1 (A)).
- FIG. 153 shows the percentage of C to T editing of six C residues in the EMX target TTTGTAC 3 TTTGTC 9 C 10 TC12C 13 GGTTC 18 TG (SEQ ID NO: 738) using a guide of 19 nucleotides in length, i.e., EMX19: TACTTTGTCCTCCGGTTCT (SEQ ID NO: 744). Editing was tested for several of the constructs shown in FIG. 152 .
- FIG. 154 shows the percentage of C to T editing of six C residues in the EMX target TTTGTAC 3 TTTGTC 9 C 10 TC12C 13 GGTTC 18 TG (SEQ ID NO: 738) using a guide of 18 nucleotides in length, i.e., EMX18: TACTTTGTCCTCCGGTTC (SEQ ID NO: 745). Editing was tested for several of the constructs shown in FIG. 152 .
- FIG. 155 shows the percentage of C to T editing of six C residues in the EMX target TTTGTAC 3 TTTGTC 9 C 10 TC12C 13 GGTTC 18 TG (SEQ ID NO: 738) using a guide of 17 nucleotides in length, i.e., EMX17: TACTTTGTCCTCCGGTT (SEQ ID NO: 746). Editing was tested for several of the constructs shown in FIG. 152 .
- FIG. 156 shows the percentage of C to T editing of eight C residues in the HEK2 target TTTCC 1 AGC 4 C 5 C 6 GC 8 TGGC 12 C 13 C 14 TGTAAA (SEQ ID NO: 739) using a guide of 23 nucleotides in length, i.e., Hek2_23: CAGCCCGCTGGCCCTGTAAAGGA (SEQ ID NO: 747). Editing was tested for several of the constructs shown in FIG. 152 .
- FIG. 157 shows the percentage of C to T editing of eight C residues in the HEK2 target TTTCC 1 AGC 4 C 5 C 6 GC 8 TGGC 12 C 13 C 14 TGTAAA (SEQ ID NO: 739) using a guide of 20 nucleotides in length, i.e., Hek2_20: CAGCCCGCTGGCCCTGTAAA (SEQ ID NO: 748). Editing was tested for several of the constructs shown in FIG. 152 .
- FIG. 158 shows the percentage of C to T editing of eight C residues in the HEK2 target TTTCC 1 AGC 4 C 5 C 6 GC 8 TGGC 12 C 13 C 14 TGTAAA (SEQ ID NO: 739) using a guide of 19 nucleotides in length, i.e., Hek2_19: CAGCCCGCTGGCCCTGTAA (SEQ ID NO: 749). Editing was tested for several of the constructs shown in FIG. 152 .
- FIG. 159 shows the percentage of C to T editing of eight C residues in the HEK2 target TTTCC 1 AGC 4 C 5 C 6 GC 8 TGGC 12 C 13 C 14 TGTAAA (SEQ ID NO: 739) using a guide of 18 nucleotides in length, i.e., Hek2_18: CAGCCCGCTGGCCCTGTA (SEQ ID NO: 750). Editing was tested for several of the constructs shown in FIG. 152 .
- FIG. 160 shows the editing percentage values (after adjustment based on indel count), and the percentage of indels for the experiments depicted in FIG. 153 .
- FIG. 161 shows the editing percentage values (after adjustment based on indel count), and the percentage of indels for the experiments depicted in FIG. 154 .
- FIG. 162 shows the editing percentage values (after adjustment based on indel count), and the percentage of indels for the experiments depicted in FIG. 155 .
- FIG. 163 shows the editing percentage values (after adjustment based on indel count), and the percentage of indels for the experiments depicted in FIG. 156 .
- FIG. 164 shows the editing percentage values (after adjustment based on indel count), and the percentage of indels for the experiments depicted in FIG. 157 .
- FIG. 165 shows the editing percentage values (after adjustment based on indel count), and the percentage of indels for the experiments depicted in FIG. 158 .
- FIG. 166 shows the editing percentage values (after adjustment based on indel count), and the percentage of indels for the experiments depicted in FIG. 159 .
- an agent includes a single agent and a plurality of such agents.
- nucleic acid programmable DNA binding protein refers to a protein that associates with a nucleic acid (e.g., DNA or RNA), such as a guide nucleic acid (e.g., gRNA), that guides the napDNAbp to a specific nucleic acid sequence, for example, by hybridinzing to the target nucleic acid sequence.
- a Cas9 protein can associate with a guide RNA that guides the Cas9 protein to a specific DNA sequence is has complementary to the guide RNA.
- the napDNAbp is a class 2 microbial CRISPR-Cas effector.
- the napDNAbp is a Cas9 domain, for example, a nuclease active Cas9, a Cas9 nickase (nCas9), or a nuclease inactive Cas9 (dCas9).
- nucleic acid programmable DNA binding proteins include, without limitation, Cas9 (e.g., dCas9 and nCas9), CasX, CasY, Cpf1, C2c1, C2c2, C2C3, and Argonaute. It should be appreciated, however, that nucleic acid programmable DNA binding proteins also include nucleic acid programmable proteins that bind RNA.
- the napDNAbp may be associated with a nucleic acid that guides the napDNAbp to an RNA.
- Other nucleic acid programmable DNA binding proteins are also within the scope of this disclosure, though they may not be specifically described in this disclosure.
- the napDNAby is an “RNA-programmable nuclease” or “RNA-guided nuclease.”
- RNA-programmable nuclease or “RNA-guided nuclease.”
- the terms are used interchangeably herein and refer to a nuclease that forms a complex with (e.g., binds or associates with) one or more RNA(s) that is not a target for cleavage.
- an RNA-programmable nuclease when in a complex with an RNA, may be referred to as a nuclease:RNA complex.
- the bound RNA(s) is referred to as a guide RNA (gRNA).
- gRNAs can exist as a complex of two or more RNAs, or as a single RNA molecule.
- gRNAs that exist as a single RNA molecule may be referred to as single-guide RNAs (sgRNAs), though “gRNA” is also used to refer to guide RNAs that exist as either single molecules or as a complex of two or more molecules.
- gRNAs that exist as a single RNA species comprise two domains: (1) a domain that shares homology to a target nucleic acid (i.e., directs binding of a Cas9 complex to the target); and (2) a domain that binds a Cas9 protein.
- domain (2) corresponds to a sequence known as a tracrRNA and comprises a stem-loop structure.
- domain (2) is identical or homologous to a tracrRNA as provided in Jinek et al., Science 337:816-821 (2012), the entire contents of which is incorporated herein by reference.
- gRNAs e.g., those including domain 2
- a gRNA comprises two or more of domains (1) and (2), and may be referred to as an “extended gRNA.”
- an extended gRNA will bind two or more Cas9 proteins and bind a target nucleic acid at two or more distinct regions, as described herein.
- the gRNA comprises a nucleotide sequence that complements a target site, which mediates binding of the nuclease/RNA complex to said target site, providing the sequence specificity of the nuclease:RNA complex.
- the RNA-programmable nuclease is the (CRISPR-associated system) Cas9 endonuclease, for example, Cas9 (Csn1) from Streptococcus pyogenes (see, e.g., “Complete genome sequence of an M1 strain of Streptococcus pyogenes .” Ferretti J. J., McShan W. M., Ajdic D. J., Savic D. J., Savic G., Lyon K., Primeaux C., Sezate S., Suvorov A. N., Kenton S., Lai H. S., Lin S. P., Qian Y., Jia H. G., Najar F.
- Cas9 endonuclease for example, Cas9 (Csn1) from Streptococcus pyogenes (see, e.g., “Complete genome sequence of an M1 strain of Streptococcus pyogenes .”
- any of the sgRNAs provided herein comprise a sequence, e.g., a sgRNA backbone sequence that binds to a napDNAbp.
- a sgRNA backbone sequence that binds to a napDNAbp.
- sgRNAs have been described in Jinek M, Chylinski K, Fonfara I, Hauer M, Doudna J A, and Charpentier E (2012) A programmable dual-RNA-guided DNA endonuclease in adaptive bacterial immunity. Science, 337, 816-812; Mali P, Esvelt K M, Church G M (2013) Cas9 as a versatile tool for engineering biology.
- eLIFE 2:e00471; DiCarlo J E, Norville J E, Mali P, Rios, Aach J, Church G M (2013) Genome engineering in Saccharomyces cerevisiae using CRISPR-Cas systems. Nucl Acids Res, 41, 4336-4343; Briner A E, Donohoue P D, Gomaa A A, Selle K, Slorach E M, Nye C H, Haurwitz R E, Beisel C L, May A P, and Barrangou R (2014) Guide RNA functional modules direct Cas9 activity and orthogonality. Mol Cell, 56, 333-339; the contents of each of which are incorporated herein by reference.
- any of the gRNAs provided herin comprise the nucleic acid sequence of GTAATTTCTACTAAGTGTAGAT (SEQ ID NO: 741), wherein each of the Ts of SEQ ID NO: 741 are uracil (U), i.e., GUAAUUUCUACUAAGUGUAGAU, or the sequence GUUUUAGAGCUAGAAAUAGCAAGUUAAAAUAAGGCUAGUCCGUUAUCAACUUG AAAAAGUGGCACCGAGUCGGUGCUUUUU-3′ (SEQ ID NO: 618).
- U uracil
- RNA-programmable nucleases e.g., Cas9
- Cas9 RNA:DNA hybridization to target DNA cleavage sites
- Methods of using RNA-programmable nucleases, such as Cas9, for site-specific cleavage (e.g., to modify a genome) are known in the art (see e.g., Cong, L. et al., Multiplex genome engineering using CRISPR/Cas systems. Science 339, 819-823 (2013); Mali, P. et al., RNA-guided human genome engineering via Cas9 . Science 339, 823-826 (2013); Hwang, W. Y.
- Cas9 or “Cas9 nuclease” refers to an RNA-guided nuclease comprising a Cas9 protein, or a fragment thereof (e.g., a protein comprising an active, inactive, or partially active DNA cleavage domain of Cas9, and/or the gRNA binding domain of Cas9).
- a Cas9 nuclease is also referred to sometimes as a casn1 nuclease or a CRISPR (clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeat)-associated nuclease.
- CRISPR is an adaptive immune system that provides protection against mobile genetic elements (viruses, transposable elements and conjugative plasmids).
- CRISPR clusters contain spacers, sequences complementary to antecedent mobile elements, and target invading nucleic acids. CRISPR clusters are transcribed and processed into CRISPR RNA (crRNA). In type II CRISPR systems correct processing of pre-crRNA requires a trans-encoded small RNA (tracrRNA), endogenous ribonuclease 3 (mc) and a Cas9 protein. The tracrRNA serves as a guide for ribonuclease 3-aided processing of pre-crRNA. Subsequently, Cas9/crRNA/tracrRNA endonucleolytically cleaves linear or circular dsDNA target complementary to the spacer.
- tracrRNA trans-encoded small RNA
- mc endogenous ribonuclease 3
- Cas9 protein serves as a guide for ribonuclease 3-aided processing of pre-crRNA.
- RNA single guide RNAs
- sgRNA single guide RNAs
- gNRA single guide RNAs
- Cas9 recognizes a short motif in the CRISPR repeat sequences (the PAM or protospacer adjacent motif) to help distinguish self versus non-self.
- Cas9 nuclease sequences and structures are well known to those of skill in the art (see, e.g., “Complete genome sequence of an M1 strain of Streptococcus pyogenes .” Ferretti et al., J. J., McShan W. M., Ajdic D. J., Savic D. J., Savic G., Lyon K., Primeaux C., Sezate S., Suvorov A. N., Kenton S., Lai H. S., Lin S. P., Qian Y., Jia H.
- Cas9 nucleases and sequences include Cas9 sequences from the organisms and loci disclosed in Chylinski, Rhun, and Charpentier, “The tracrRNA and Cas9 families of type II CRISPR-Cas immunity systems” (2013) RNA Biology 10:5, 726-737; the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.
- a Cas9 nuclease has an inactive (e.g., an inactivated) DNA cleavage domain, that is, the Cas9 is a nickase.
- a nuclease-inactivated Cas9 protein may interchangeably be referred to as a “dCas9” protein (for nuclease-“dead” Cas9).
- Methods for generating a Cas9 protein (or a fragment thereof) having an inactive DNA cleavage domain are known (See, e.g., Jinek et al., Science. 337:816-821(2012); Qi et al., “Repurposing CRISPR as an RNA-Guided Platform for Sequence-Specific Control of Gene Expression” (2013) Cell. 28; 152(5):1173-83, the entire contents of each of which are incorporated herein by reference).
- the DNA cleavage domain of Cas9 is known to include two subdomains, the HNH nuclease subdomain and the RuvC1 subdomain.
- the HNH subdomain cleaves the strand complementary to the gRNA
- the RuvC1 subdomain cleaves the non-complementary strand. Mutations within these subdomains can silence the nuclease activity of Cas9.
- the mutations D10A and H840A completely inactivate the nuclease activity of S. pyogenes Cas9 (Jinek et al., Science. 337:816-821(2012); Qi et al., Cell. 28; 152(5):1173-83 (2013)).
- proteins comprising fragments of Cas9 are provided.
- a protein comprises one of two Cas9 domains: (1) the gRNA binding domain of Cas9; or (2) the DNA cleavage domain of Cas9.
- proteins comprising Cas9 or fragments thereof are referred to as “Cas9 variants.”
- a Cas9 variant shares homology to Cas9, or a fragment thereof.
- a Cas9 variant is at least about 70% identical, at least about 80% identical, at least about 90% identical, at least about 95% identical, at least about 96% identical, at least about 97% identical, at least about 98% identical, at least about 99% identical, at least about 99.5% identical, or at least about 99.9% identical to wild type Cas9.
- the Cas9 variant may have 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 21, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50 or more amino acid changes compared to wild type Cas9.
- the Cas9 variant comprises a fragment of Cas9 (e.g., a gRNA binding domain or a DNA-cleavage domain), such that the fragment is at least about 70% identical, at least about 80% identical, at least about 90% identical, at least about 95% identical, at least about 96% identical, at least about 97% identical, at least about 98% identical, at least about 99% identical, at least about 99.5% identical, or at least about 99.9% identical to the corresponding fragment of wild type Cas9.
- a fragment of Cas9 e.g., a gRNA binding domain or a DNA-cleavage domain
- the fragment is at least 30%, at least 35%, at least 40%, at least 45%, at least 50%, at least 55%, at least 60%, at least 65%, at least 70%, at least 75%, at least 80%, at least 85%, at least 90%, at least 95% identical, at least 96%, at least 97%, at least 98%, at least 99%, or at least 99.5% of the amino acid length of a corresponding wild type Cas9.
- the fragment is at least 100 amino acids in length. In some embodiments, the fragment is at least 100, 150, 200, 250, 300, 350, 400, 450, 500, 550, 600, 650, 700, 750, 800, 850, 900, 950, 1000, 1050, 1100, 1150, 1200, 1250, or at least 1300 amino acids in length.
- wild type Cas9 corresponds to Cas9 from Streptococcus pyogenes (NCBI Reference Sequence: NC_017053.1, SEQ ID NO: 1 (nucleotide); SEQ ID NO: 2 (amino acid)).
- wild type Cas9 corresponds to, or comprises SEQ ID NO:3 (nucleotide) and/or SEQ ID NO: 4 (amino acid):
- wild type Cas9 corresponds to Cas9 from Streptococcus pyogenes (NCBI Reference Sequence: NC_002737.2, SEQ ID NO: 5 (nucleotide); and Uniport Reference Sequence: Q99ZW2, SEQ ID NO: 6 (amino acid).
- Cas9 refers to Cas9 from: Corynebacterium ulcerans (NCBI Refs: NC_015683.1, NC_017317.1); Corynebacterium diphtheria (NCBI Refs: NC_016782.1, NC_016786.1); Spiroplasma syrphidicola (NCBI Ref: NC_021284.1); Prevotella intermedia (NCBI Ref: NC_017861.1); Spiroplasma taiwanense (NCBI Ref: NC_021846.1); Streptococcus iniae (NCBI Ref: NC_021314.1); Belliella baltica (NCBI Ref: NC_018010.1); Psychroflexus torquisI (NCBI Ref: NC_018721.1); Streptococcus thermophilus (NCBI Ref: YP_820832.1), Listeria innocua (NCBI Ref: NP_472073.1), Campylobacter
- dCas9 corresponds to, or comprises in part or in whole, a Cas9 amino acid sequence having one or more mutations that inactivate the Cas9 nuclease activity.
- a dCas9 domain comprises D10A and/or H840A mutation.
- the Cas9 domain comprises a D10A mutation, while the residue at position 840 remains a histidine in the amino acid sequence provided in SEQ ID NO: 6, or at corresponding positions in any of the amino acid sequences provided in another Cas9 domain, such as any of the Cas9 proteins provided herein.
- the presence of the catalytic residue H840 restores the acvitity of the Cas9 to cleave the non-edited (e.g., non-deaminated) strand containing a G opposite the targeted C.
- Restoration of H840 does not result in the cleavage of the target strand containing the C.
- Such Cas9 variants are able to generate a single-strand DNA break (nick) at a specific location based on the gRNA-defined target sequence, leading to repair of the non-edited strand, ultimately resulting in a G to A change on the non-edited strand.
- a schematic representation of this process is shown in FIG. 108 .
- the C of a C-G basepair can be deaminated to a U by a deaminase, e.g., an APOBEC deamonase.
- a deaminase e.g., an APOBEC deamonase.
- Nicking the non-edited strand, having the G facilitates removal of the G via mismatch repair mechanisms.
- UGI inhibits UDG, which prevents removal of the U.
- dCas9 variants having mutations other than D10A and H840A are provided, which, e.g., result in nuclease inactivated Cas9 (dCas9).
- Such mutations include other amino acid substitutions at D10 and H820, or other substitutions within the nuclease domains of Cas9 (e.g., substitutions in the HNH nuclease subdomain and/or the RuvC1 subdomain).
- variants or homologues of dCas9 are provided which are at least about 70% identical, at least about 80% identical, at least about 90% identical, at least about 95% identical, at least about 98% identical, at least about 99% identical, at least about 99.5% identical, or at least about 99.9% identical to SEQ ID NO: 6.
- variants of dCas9 are provided having amino acid sequences which are shorter, or longer than SEQ ID NO: 6, by about 5 amino acids, by about 10 amino acids, by about 15 amino acids, by about 20 amino acids, by about 25 amino acids, by about 30 amino acids, by about 40 amino acids, by about 50 amino acids, by about 75 amino acids, by about 100 amino acids or more.
- Cas9 fusion proteins as provided herein comprise the full-length amino acid sequence of a Cas9 protein, e.g., one of the Cas9 sequences provided herein. In other embodiments, however, fusion proteins as provided herein do not comprise a full-length Cas9 sequence, but only a fragment thereof.
- a Cas9 fusion protein provided herein comprises a Cas9 fragment, wherein the fragment binds crRNA and tracrRNA or sgRNA, but does not comprise a functional nuclease domain, e.g., in that it comprises only a truncated version of a nuclease domain or no nuclease domain at all.
- Exemplary amino acid sequences of suitable Cas9 domains and Cas9 fragments are provided herein, and additional suitable sequences of Cas9 domains and fragments will be apparent to those of skill in the art.
- Cas9 refers to Cas9 from: Corynebacterium ulcerans (NCBI Refs: NC_015683.1, NC_017317.1); Corynebacterium diphtheria (NCBI Refs: NC_016782.1, NC_016786.1); Spiroplasma syrphidicola (NCBI Ref: NC_021284.1); Prevotella intermedia (NCBI Ref: NC_017861.1); Spiroplasma taiwanense (NCBI Ref: NC_021846.1); Streptococcus iniae (NCBI Ref: NC_021314.1); Belliella baltica (NCBI Ref: NC_018010.1); Psychroflexus torquis I (NCBI Ref: NC_018721.1); Streptococcus thermophilus (NCBI Ref: YP_820832.1); Listeria innocua (NCBI Ref: NP_472073.1); Campylobacter
- deaminase or “deaminase domain,” as used herein, refers to a protein or enzyme that catalyzes a deamination reaction.
- the deaminase or deaminase domain is a cytidine deaminase, catalyzing the hydrolytic deamination of cytidine or deoxycytidine to uridine or deoxyuridine, respectively.
- the deaminase or deaminase domain is a cytidine deaminase domain, catalyzing the hydrolytic deamination of cytosine to uracil.
- the deaminase or deaminase domain is a naturally-occurring deaminase from an organism, such as a human, chimpanzee, gorilla, monkey, cow, dog, rat, or mouse. In some embodiments, the deaminase or deaminase domain is a variant of a naturally-occurring deaminase from an organism, that does not occur in nature.
- the deaminase or deaminase domain is at least 50%, at least 55%, at least 60%, at least 65%, at least 70%, at least 75% at least 80%, at least 85%, at least 90%, at least 95%, at least 96%, at least 97%, at least 98%, at least 99%, or at least 99.5% identical to a naturally-occurring deaminase from an organism.
- an effective amount refers to an amount of a biologically active agent that is sufficient to elicit a desired biological response.
- an effective amount of a nuclease may refer to the amount of the nuclease that is sufficient to induce cleavage of a target site specifically bound and cleaved by the nuclease.
- an effective amount of a fusion protein provided herein e.g., of a fusion protein comprising a nuclease-inactive Cas9 domain and a nucleic acid editing domain (e.g., a deaminase domain) may refer to the amount of the fusion protein that is sufficient to induce editing of a target site specifically bound and edited by the fusion protein.
- an agent e.g., a fusion protein, a nuclease, a deaminase, a recombinase, a hybrid protein, a protein dimer, a complex of a protein (or protein dimer) and a polynucleotide, or a polynucleotide
- an agent e.g., a fusion protein, a nuclease, a deaminase, a recombinase, a hybrid protein, a protein dimer, a complex of a protein (or protein dimer) and a polynucleotide, or a polynucleotide
- the desired biological response e.g., on the specific allele, genome, or target site to be edited, on the cell or tissue being targeted, and on the agent being used.
- linker refers to a chemical group or a molecule linking two molecules or moieties, e.g., two domains of a fusion protein, such as, for example, a nuclease-inactive Cas9 domain and a nucleic acid editing domain (e.g., a deaminase domain).
- a linker may be, for example, an amino acid sequence, a peptide, or a polymer of any length and composition.
- a linker joins a gRNA binding domain of an RNA-programmable nuclease, including a Cas9 nuclease domain, and the catalytic domain of anucleic-acid editing protein.
- a linker joins a dCas9 and a nucleic-acid editing protein.
- the linker is positioned between, or flanked by, two groups, molecules, or other moieties and connected to each one via a covalent bond, thus connecting the two.
- the linker is an amino acid or a plurality of amino acids (e.g., a peptide or protein).
- the linker is an organic molecule, group, polymer, or chemical moiety.
- the linker is 1-100 amino acids in length, for example, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 30-35, 35-40, 40-45, 45-50, 50-60, 60-70, 70-80, 80-90, 90-100, 100-150, or 150-200 amino acids in length. Longer or shorter linkers are also contemplated.
- mutation refers to a substitution of a residue within a sequence, e.g., a nucleic acid or amino acid sequence, with another residue, or a deletion or insertion of one or more residues within a sequence. Mutations are typically described herein by identifying the original residue followed by the position of the residue within the sequence and by the identity of the newly substituted residue. Various methods for making the amino acid substitutions (mutations) provided herein are well known in the art, and are provided by, for example, Green and Sambrook, Molecular Cloning: A Laboratory Manual (4 th ed., Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y. (2012)).
- nucleic acid and “nucleic acid molecule,” as used herein, refer to a compound comprising a nucleobase and an acidic moiety, e.g., a nucleoside, a nucleotide, or a polymer of nucleotides.
- polymeric nucleic acids e.g., nucleic acid molecules comprising three or more nucleotides are linear molecules, in which adjacent nucleotides are linked to each other via a phosphodiester linkage.
- nucleic acid refers to individual nucleic acid residues (e.g. nucleotides and/or nucleosides).
- nucleic acid refers to an oligonucleotide chain comprising three or more individual nucleotide residues.
- oligonucleotide and polynucleotide can be used interchangeably to refer to a polymer of nucleotides (e.g., a string of at least three nucleotides).
- nucleic acid encompasses RNA as well as single and/or double-stranded DNA.
- Nucleic acids may be naturally occurring, for example, in the context of a genome, a transcript, an mRNA, tRNA, rRNA, siRNA, snRNA, a plasmid, cosmid, chromosome, chromatid, or other naturally occurring nucleic acid molecule.
- a nucleic acid molecule may be a non-naturally occurring molecule, e.g., a recombinant DNA or RNA, an artificial chromosome, an engineered genome, or fragment thereof, or a synthetic DNA, RNA, DNA/RNA hybrid, or including non-naturally occurring nucleotides or nucleosides.
- nucleic acid examples include nucleic acid analogs, e.g., analogs having other than a phosphodiester backbone.
- Nucleic acids can be purified from natural sources, produced using recombinant expression systems and optionally purified, chemically synthesized, etc. Where appropriate, e.g., in the case of chemically synthesized molecules, nucleic acids can comprise nucleoside analogs such as analogs having chemically modified bases or sugars, and backbone modifications. A nucleic acid sequence is presented in the 5′ to 3′ direction unless otherwise indicated.
- a nucleic acid is or comprises natural nucleosides (e.g.
- nucleoside analogs e.g., 2-aminoadenosine, 2-thiothymidine, inosine, pyrrolo-pyrimidine, 3-methyl adenosine, 5-methylcytidine, 2-aminoadenosine, C5-bromouridine, C5-fluorouridine, C5-iodouridine, C5-propynyl-uridine, C5-propynyl-cytidine, C5-methylcytidine, 2-aminoadenosine, 7-deazaadenosine, 7-deazaguanosine, 8-oxoadenosine, 8-oxoguanosine, O(6)-methylguanine, and 2-thiocytidine
- nucleic acid editing domain refers to a protein or enzyme capable of making one or more modifications (e.g., deamination of a cytidine residue) to a nucleic acid (e.g., DNA or RNA).
- exemplary nucleic acid editing domains include, but are not limited to a deaminase, a nuclease, a nickase, a recombinase, a methyltransferase, a methylase, an acetylase, an acetyltransferase, a transcriptional activator, or a transcriptional repressor domain.
- the nucleic acid editing domain is a deaminase (e.g., a cytidine deaminase, such as an APOBEC or an AID deaminase).
- proliferative disease refers to any disease in which cell or tissue homeostasis is disturbed in that a cell or cell population exhibits an abnormally elevated proliferation rate.
- Proliferative diseases include hyperproliferative diseases, such as pre-neoplastic hyperplastic conditions and neoplastic diseases.
- Neoplastic diseases are characterized by an abnormal proliferation of cells and include both benign and malignant neoplasias. Malignant neoplasia is also referred to as cancer.
- protein refers to a polymer of amino acid residues linked together by peptide (amide) bonds.
- the terms refer to a protein, peptide, or polypeptide of any size, structure, or function. Typically, a protein, peptide, or polypeptide will be at least three amino acids long.
- a protein, peptide, or polypeptide may refer to an individual protein or a collection of proteins.
- One or more of the amino acids in a protein, peptide, or polypeptide may be modified, for example, by the addition of a chemical entity such as a carbohydrate group, a hydroxyl group, a phosphate group, a farnesyl group, an isofarnesyl group, a fatty acid group, a linker for conjugation, functionalization, or other modification, etc.
- a protein, peptide, or polypeptide may also be a single molecule or may be a multi-molecular complex.
- a protein, peptide, or polypeptide may be just a fragment of a naturally occurring protein or peptide.
- a protein, peptide, or polypeptide may be naturally occurring, recombinant, or synthetic, or any combination thereof.
- fusion protein refers to a hybrid polypeptide which comprises protein domains from at least two different proteins.
- One protein may be located at the amino-terminal (N-terminal) portion of the fusion protein or at the carboxy-terminal (C-terminal) protein thus forming an “amino-terminal fusion protein” or a “carboxy-terminal fusion protein,” respectively.
- a protein may comprise different domains, for example, a nucleic acid binding domain (e.g., the gRNA binding domain of Cas9 that directs the binding of the protein to a target site) and a nucleic acid cleavage domain or a catalytic domain of a nucleic-acid editing protein.
- a protein comprises a proteinaceous part, e.g., an amino acid sequence constituting a nucleic acid binding domain, and an organic compound, e.g., a compound that can act as a nucleic acid cleavage agent.
- a protein is in a complex with, or is in association with, a nucleic acid, e.g., RNA.
- Any of the proteins provided herein may be produced by any method known in the art.
- the proteins provided herein may be produced via recombinant protein expression and purification, which is especially suited for fusion proteins comprising a peptide linker.
- the term “subject,” as used herein, refers to an individual organism, for example, an individual mammal.
- the subject is a human.
- the subject is a non-human mammal.
- the subject is a non-human primate.
- the subject is a rodent.
- the subject is a sheep, a goat, a cattle, a cat, or a dog.
- the subject is a vertebrate, an amphibian, a reptile, a fish, an insect, a fly, or a nematode.
- the subject is a research animal.
- the subject is genetically engineered, e.g., a genetically engineered non-human subject. The subject may be of either sex and at any stage of development.
- target site refers to a sequence within a nucleic acid molecule that is deaminated by a deaminase or a fusion protein comprising a deaminase, (e.g., a dCas9-deaminase fusion protein provided herein).
- treatment refers to a clinical intervention aimed to reverse, alleviate, delay the onset of, or inhibit the progress of a disease or disorder, or one or more symptoms thereof, as described herein.
- treatment refers to a clinical intervention aimed to reverse, alleviate, delay the onset of, or inhibit the progress of a disease or disorder, or one or more symptoms thereof, as described herein.
- treatment may be administered after one or more symptoms have developed and/or after a disease has been diagnosed. In other embodiments, treatment may be administered in the absence of symptoms, e.g., to prevent or delay onset of a symptom or inhibit onset or progression of a disease.
- treatment may be administered to a susceptible individual prior to the onset of symptoms (e.g., in light of a history of symptoms and/or in light of genetic or other susceptibility factors). Treatment may also be continued after symptoms have resolved, for example, to prevent or delay their recurrence.
- recombinant protein or nucleic acid molecule comprises an amino acid or nucleotide sequence that comprises at least one, at least two, at least three, at least four, at least five, at least six, or at least seven mutations as compared to any naturally occurring sequence.
- a pharmaceutical composition refers to a composition that can be administrated to a subject in the context of treatment of a disease or disorder.
- a pharmaceutical composition comprises an active ingredient, e.g., a nuclease or a nucleic acid encoding a nuclease, and a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient.
- base editor refers to an agent comprising a polypeptide that is capable of making a modification to a base (e.g., A, T, C, G, or U) within a nucleic acid sequence (e.g., DNA or RNA).
- a base e.g., A, T, C, G, or U
- a nucleic acid sequence e.g., DNA or RNA.
- the base editor is capable of deaminating a base within a nucleic acid.
- the base editor is capable of deaminating a base within a DNA molecule.
- the base editor is capable of deaminating an cytosine (C) in DNA.
- the base editor is a fusion protein comprising a nucleic acid programmable DNA binding protein (napDNAbp) fused to a cytidine deaminase domain.
- the base editor comprises a Cas9 (e.g., dCas9 and nCas9), CasX, CasY, Cpf1, C2c1, C2c2, C2c3, or Argonaute protein fused to a cytidine deaminase.
- the base editor comprises a Cas9 nickase (nCas9) fused to an cytidine deaminase.
- the base editor comprises a nuclease-inactive Cas9 (dCas9) fused to a cytidine deaminase. In some embodiments, the base editor is fused to an inhibitor of base excision repair, for example, a UGI domain. In some embodiments, the base editor comprises a CasX protein fused to a cytidine deaminase. In some embodiments, the base editor comprises a CasY protein fused to a cytidine deaminase. In some embodiments, the base editor comprises a Cpf1 protein fused to a cytidine deaminase.
- dCas9 nuclease-inactive Cas9
- the base editor comprises a C2c1 protein fused to a cytidine deaminase. In some embodiments, the base editor comprises a C2c2 protein fused to a cytidine deaminase. In some embodiments, the base editor comprises a C2c3 protein fused to a cytidine deaminase. In some embodiments, the base editor comprises an Argonaute protein fused to a cytidine deaminase.
- uracil glycosylase inhibitor refers to a protein that is capable of inhibiting a uracil-DNA glycosylase base-excision repair enzyme.
- Cas9 nickase refers to a Cas9 protein that is capable of cleaving only one strand of a duplexed nucleic acid molecule (e.g., a duplexed DNA molecule).
- a Cas9 nickase comprises a D10A mutation and has a histidine at position H840 of SEQ ID NO: 6, or a corresponding mutation in another Cas9 domain, such as any of the Cas9 proteins provided herein.
- a Cas9 nickase may comprise the amino acid sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 8.
- Such a Cas9 nickase has an active HNH nuclease domain and is able to cleave the non-targeted strand of DNA, i.e., the strand bound by the gRNA. Further, such a Cas9 nickase has an inactive RuvC nuclease domain and is not able to cleave the targeted strand of the DNA, i.e., the strand where base editing is desired.
- Exemplary Cas9 nickase (Cloning vector pPlatTET-gRNA2; Accession No. BAV54124).
- fusion proteins that comprise a domain capable of binding to a nucleotide sequence (e.g., a Cas9, or a Cpf1 protein) and an enzyme domain, for example, a DNA-editing domain, such as, e.g., a deaminase domain.
- a DNA-editing domain such as, e.g., a deaminase domain.
- the deamination of a nucleobase by a deaminase can lead to a point mutation at the respective residue, which is referred to herein as nucleic acid editing.
- Fusion proteins comprising a Cas9 variant or domain and a DNA editing domain can thus be used for the targeted editing of nucleic acid sequences.
- Such fusion proteins are useful for targeted editing of DNA in vitro, e.g., for the generation of mutant cells or animals; for the introduction of targeted mutations, e.g., for the correction of genetic defects in cells ex vivo, e.g., in cells obtained from a subject that are subsequently re-introduced into the same or another subject; and for the introduction of targeted mutations, e.g., the correction of genetic defects or the introduction of deactivating mutations in disease-associated genes in a subject.
- the Cas9 domain of the fusion proteins described herein does not have any nuclease activity but instead is a Cas9 fragment or a dCas9 protein or domain.
- fusion proteins that comprise (i) a domain capable of binding to a nucleic acid sequence (e.g., a Cas9, or a Cpf1 protein); (ii) an enzyme domain, for example, a DNA-editing domain (e.g., a deaminase domain); and (iii) one or more uracil glycosylase inhibitor (UGI) domains.
- a nucleic acid sequence e.g., a Cas9, or a Cpf1 protein
- an enzyme domain for example, a DNA-editing domain (e.g., a deaminase domain); and (iii) one or more uracil glycosylase inhibitor (UGI) domains.
- UGI domain e.g., a DNA-editing domain
- UGI uracil glycosylase inhibitor
- nucleic acid programmable DNA binding proteins which may be used to guide a protein, such as a base editor, to a specific nucleic acid (e.g., DNA or RNA) sequence.
- a protein such as a base editor
- any of the fusion proteins (e.g., base editors) provided herein may include any nucleic acid programmable DNA binding protein (napDNAbp).
- napDNAbp nucleic acid programmable DNA binding protein
- any of the fusion proteins described herein that include a Cas9 domain can use another napDNAbp, such as CasX, CasY, Cpf1, C2c1, C2c2, C2c3, and Argonaute, in place of the Cas9 domain.
- Nucleic acid programmable DNA binding proteins include, without limitation, Cas9 (e.g., dCas9 and nCas9), CasX, CasY, Cpf1, C2c1, C2c2, C2C3, and Argonaute.
- Cas9 e.g., dCas9 and nCas9
- CasX e.g., CasX
- CasY e.g., dCas9 and nCas9
- Cpf1 Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats from Prevotella and Francisella 1
- Cpf1 is also a class 2 CRISPR effector. It has been shown that Cpf1 mediates robust DNA interference with features distinct from Cas9.
- Cpf1 is a single RNA-guided endonuclease lacking tracrRNA, and it utilizes a T-rich protospacer-adjacent motif (TTN, TTTN, or YTN). Moreover, Cpf1 cleaves DNA via a staggered DNA double-stranded break.
- TTN T-rich protospacer-adjacent motif
- TTTN TTTN
- YTN T-rich protospacer-adjacent motif
- nuclease-inactive Cpf1 (dCpf1) variants that may be used as a guide nucleotide sequence-programmable DNA-binding protein domain.
- the Cpf1 protein has a RuvC-like endonuclease domain that is similar to the RuvC domain of Cas9 but does not have a HNH endonuclease domain, and the N-terminal of Cpf1 does not have the alpha-helical recognition lobe of Cas9.
- the RuvC-like domain of Cpf1 is responsible for cleaving both DNA strands and inactivation of the RuvC-like domain inactivates Cpf1 nuclease activity.
- mutations corresponding to D917A, E1006A, or D1255A in Francisella novicida Cpf1 inactivate Cpf1 nuclease activity.
- the dead Cpf1 comprises mutations corresponding to D917A, E1006A, D1255A, D917A/E1006A, D917A/D1255A, E1006A/D1255A, or D917A/E1006A/D1255A in SEQ ID NO: 9. It is to be understood that any mutations, e.g., substitution mutations, deletions, or insertions, that inactivate the RuvC domain of Cpf1, may be used in accordance with the present disclosure.
- the nucleic acid programmable DNA binding protein (napDNAbp) of any of the fusion proteins provided herein is a Cpf1 protein.
- the Cpf1 protein is a Cpf1 nickase (nCpf1).
- the Cpf1 protein is a nuclease inactive Cpf1 (dCpf1).
- the Cpf1, the nCpf1, or the dCpf1 comprises an amino acid sequence that is at least 85%, at least 90%, at least 91%, at least 92%, at least 93%, at least 94%, at least 95%, at least 96%, at least 97%, at least 98%, at least 99%, or at least 99.5% identical to any one of SEQ ID NOs: 9-24.
- the dCpf1 comprises an amino acid sequence that is at least 85%, at least 90%, at least 91%, at least 92%, at least 93%, at least 94%, at least 95%, at least 96%, at least 97%, at least 98%, at least 99%, or at least 99.5% identical to any one of SEQ ID NOs: 9-16, and comprises mutations corresponding to D917A, E1006A, D1255A, D917A/E1006A, D917A/D1255A, E1006A/D1255A, or D917A/E1006A/D1255A in SEQ ID NO: 9.
- the dCpf1 protein comprises an amino acid sequence of any one SEQ ID NOs: 9-16. It should be appreciated that Cpf1 from other species may also be used in accordance with the present disclosure.
- Wild type Francisella novicida Cpf1 (SEQ ID NO: 9) (D917, E1006, and D1255 are bolded and underlined)
- the nucleic acid programmable DNA binding protein is a Cpf1 protein from an Acidaminococcus species (AsCpf1).
- Cpf1 proteins form Acidaminococcus species have been described previously and would be apparent to the skilled artisan.
- Exemplary Acidaminococcus Cpf1 proteins include, without limitation, any of the AsCpf1 proteins provided herin
- Wild-type AsCpf1-Residue R912 is indicated in bold underlining and residues 661-667 are indicated in italics and underlining.
- AsCpf1(R912A)-Residue A912 is indicated in bold underlining and residues 661-667 are indicated in italics and underlining.
- the nucleic acid programmable DNA binding protein is a Cpf1 protein from a Lachnospiraceae species (LbCpf1).
- Cpf1 proteins form Lachnospiraceae species have been described previously have been described previously and would be apparent to the skilled artisan.
- Exemplary Lachnospiraceae Cpf1 proteins include, without limitation, any of the LbCpf1 proteins provided herein.
- the LbCpf1 is a nickase. In some embodiments, the LbCpf1 nickase comprises an R836X mutant relative to SEQ ID NO: 18, wherein X is any amino acid except for R. In some embodiments, the LbCpf1 nickase comprises R836A mutant relative to SEQ ID NO: 18. In some embodiments, the LbCpf1 is a nuclease inactive LbCpf1 (dLbCpf1). In some embodiments, the dLbCpf1 comprises a D832X mutant relative to SEQ ID NO: 18, wherein X is any amino acid except for D.
- the dLbCpf1 comprises a D832A mutant relative to SEQ ID NO: 18. Additional dCpf1 proteins have been described in the art, for example, in Li et al. “Base editing with a Cpf1-cytidine deaminase fusion” Nature Biotechnology ; March 2018 DOI: 10.1038/nbt.4102; the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.
- the dCpf1 comprises 1, 2, or 3 of the point mutations D832A, E1006A, D1125A of the Cpf1 described in Li et al.
- Wild-type LbCpf1-Residues R836 and R1138 is indicated in bold underlining.
- LbCpf1 (R836A)-Residue A836 is indicated in bold underlining.
- LbCpf1 (R1138A)-Residue A1138 is indicated in bold underlining.
- the Cpf1 protein is a crippled Cpf1 protein.
- a “crippled Cpf1” protein is a Cpf1 protein having diminished nuclease activity as compared to a wild-type Cpf1 protein.
- the crippled Cpf1 protein preferentially cuts the target strand more efficiently than the non-target strand.
- the Cpf1 protein preferentially cuts the strand of a duplexed nucleic acid molecule in which a nucleotide to be edited resides.
- the crippled Cpf1 protein preferentially cuts the non-target strand more efficiently than the target strand.
- the Cpf1 protein preferentially cuts the strand of a duplexed nucleic acid molecule in which a nucleotide to be edited does not reside.
- the crippled Cpf1 protein preferentially cuts the target strand at least 5% more efficiently than it cuts the non-target strand.
- the crippled Cpf1 protein preferentially cuts the target strand at least 5%, 10%, 15%, 20%, 25%, 30%, 35%, 40%, 50%, 60%, 70%, 80%, 90%, or at least 100% more efficiently than it cuts the non-target strand.
- a crippled Cpf1 protein is a non-naturally occurring Cpf1 protein.
- the crippled Cpf1 protein comprises one or more mutations relative to a wild-type Cpf1 protein.
- the crippled Cpf1 protein comprises 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, or 20 mutations relative to a wild-type Cpf1 protein.
- the crippled Cpf1 protein comprises an R836A mutation mutation as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 18, or in a corresponding amino acid in another Cpf1 protein.
- a Cpf1 comprising a homologous residue (e.g., a corresponding amino acid) to R836A of SEQ ID NO: 18 could also be mutated to achieve similar results.
- the crippled Cpf1 protein comprises a R1138A mutation as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 18, or in a corresponding amino acid in another Cpf1 protein.
- the crippled Cpf1 protein comprises an R912A mutation mutation as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 17, or in a corresponding amino acid in another Cpf1 protein.
- residue R836 of SEQ ID NO: 18 (LbCpf1) and residue R912 of SEQ ID NO: 17 (AsCpf1) are examples of corresponding (e.g., homologous) residues.
- a portion of the alignment between SEQ ID NO: 17 and 18 shows that R912 and R836 are corresponding residues.
- any of the Cpf1 proteins provided herein comprises one or more amino acid deletions. In some embodiments, any of the Cpf1 proteins provided herein comprises 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, or 20 amino acid deletions.
- aspects of the disclosure provide Cpf1 proteins comprising mutations (e.g., deletions) that disrupt this helical region in Cpf1.
- the Cpf1 protein comprises one or more deletions of the following residues in SEQ ID NO: 17, or one or more corresponding deletions in another Cpf1 protein: K661, K662, T663, G664, D665, Q666, and K667.
- the Cpf1 protein comprises a T663 and a D665 deletion in SEQ ID NO: 17, or corresponding deletions in another Cpf1 protein.
- the Cpf1 protein comprises a K662, T663, D665, and Q666 deletion in SEQ ID NO: 17, or corresponding deletions in another Cpf1 protein. In some embodiments, the Cpf1 protein comprises a K661, K662, T663, D665, Q666 and K667 deletion in SEQ ID NO: 17, or corresponding deletions in another Cpf1 protein.
- the nucleic acid programmable DNA binding protein is a nucleic acid programmable DNA binding protein that does not require a canonical (NGG) PAM sequence in the target sequence.
- the napDNAbp is an Argonaute protein.
- One example of such a nucleic acid programmable DNA binding protein is an Argonaute protein from Natronobacterium gregoryi (NgAgo).
- NgAgo is a ssDNA-guided endonuclease. NgAgo binds 5′-phosphorylated ssDNA of ⁇ 24 nucleotides (gDNA) in length to guide it to a target site and makes DNA double-strand breaks at the gDNA site.
- NgAgo-gDNA system does not require a protospacer-adjacent motif (PAM).
- PAM protospacer-adjacent motif
- dNgAgo nuclease inactive NgAgo
- PubMed PMID 27136078; Swarts et al., Nature 507(7491) (2014):258-61; and Swarts et al., Nucleic Acids Res. 43(10) (2015):5120-9, each of which is incorporated herein by reference.
- the sequence of Natronobacterium gregoryi Argonaute is provided in SEQ ID NO: 25.
- the napDNAbp is an Argonaute protein.
- the napDNAbp comprises an amino acid sequence that is at least 85%, at least 90%, at least 91%, at least 92%, at least 93%, at least 94%, at least 95%, at least 96%, at least 97%, at least 98%, at least 99%, or at least 99.5% identical to a naturally-occurring Argonaute protein.
- the napDNAbp is a naturally-occurring Argonaute protein.
- the napDNAbp comprises an amino acid sequence that is at least 85%, at least 90%, at least 91%, at least 92%, at least 93%, at least 94%, at least 95%, at least 96%, at least 97%, at least 98%, at least 99%, or at least 99.5% identical to any one of SEQ ID NO: 25. In some embodiments, the napDNAbp comprises an amino acid sequence of any one SEQ ID NO: 25.
- the napDNAbp is a prokaryotic homolog of an Argonaute protein.
- Prokaryotic homologs of Argonaute proteins are known and have been described, for example, in Makarova K., et al., “Prokaryotic homologs of Argonaute proteins are predicted to function as key components of a novel system of defense against mobile genetic elements”, Biol. Direct. 2009 Aug. 25; 4:29. doi: 10.1186/1745-6150-4-29, is incorporated herein by reference.
- the napDNAbp is a Marinitoga piezophila Argunaute (MpAgo) protein.
- the CRISPR-associated Marinitoga piezophila Argonaute (MpAgo) protein cleaves single-stranded target sequences using 5′-phosphorylated guides.
- the 5′ guides are used by all known Argonautes.
- the crystal structure of an MpAgo-RNA complex shows a guide strand binding site comprising residues that block 5′ phosphate interactions. This data suggests the evolution of an Argonaute subclass with noncanonical specificity for a 5′-hydroxylated guide. See, e.g., Kaya et al., “A bacterial Argonaute with noncanonical guide RNA specificity”, Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 2016 Apr.
- Argonaute proteins may be used in any of the fusion proteins (e.g., base editors) described herein, for example, to guide a deaminase (e.g., cytidine deaminase) to a target nucleic acid (e.g., ssRNA).
- a deaminase e.g., cytidine deaminase
- a target nucleic acid e.g., ssRNA
- the nucleic acid programmable DNA binding protein is a single effector of a microbial CRISPR-Cas system.
- Single effectors of microbial CRISPR-Cas systems include, without limitation, Cas9, Cpf1, C2c1, C2c2, and C2c3.
- microbial CRISPR-Cas systems are divided into Class 1 and Class 2 systems. Class 1 systems have multisubunit effector complexes, while Class 2 systems have a single protein effector.
- Cas9 and Cpf1 are Class 2 effectors.
- C2c1, C2c2, and C2c3 Three distinct Class 2 CRISPR-Cas systems (C2c1, C2c2, and C2c3) have been described by Shmakov et al., “Discovery and Functional Characterization of Diverse Class 2 CRISPR Cas Systems”, Mol. Cell, 2015 Nov. 5; 60(3): 385-397, the entire contents of which are herein incorporated by reference. Effectors of two of the systems, C2c1 and C2c3, contain RuvC-like endonuclease domains related to Cpf1. A third system, C2c2 contains an effector with two predicted HEPN RNase domains.
- C2c1 depends on both CRISPR RNA and tracrRNA for DNA cleavage.
- Bacterial C2c2 has been shown to possess a unique RNase activity for CRISPR RNA maturation distinct from its RNA-activated single-stranded RNA degradation activity. These RNase functions are different from each other and from the CRISPR RNA-processing behavior of Cpf1. See, e.g., East-Seletsky, et al., “Two distinct RNase activities of CRISPR-C2c2 enable guide-RNA processing and RNA detection”, Nature, 2016 Oct.
- C2c2 is guided by a single CRISPR RNA and can be programmed to cleave ssRNA targets carrying complementary protospacers. Catalytic residues in the two conserved HEPN domains mediate cleavage. Mutations in the catalytic residues generate catalytically inactive RNA-binding proteins. See e.g., Abudayyeh et al., “C2c2 is a single-component programmable RNA-guided RNA-targeting CRISPR effector,” Science, 2016 Aug. 5; 353(6299), the entire contents of which are hereby incorporated by reference.
- the crystal structure of Alicyclobaccillus acidoterrastris C2c1 has been reported in complex with a chimeric single-molecule guide RNA (sgRNA). See, e.g., Liu et al., “C2c1-sgRNA Complex Structure Reveals RNA-Guided DNA Cleavage Mechanism”, Mol. Cell, 2017 Jan. 19; 65(2):310-322, incorporated herein by reference.
- the crystal structure has also been reported for Alicyclobacillus acidoterrestris C2c1 bound to target DNAs as ternary complexes.
- the nucleic acid programmable DNA binding protein (napDNAbp) of any of the fusion proteins provided herein is a C2c1, a C2c2, or a C2c3 protein.
- the napDNAbp is a C2c1 protein.
- the napDNAbp is a C2c2 protein.
- the napDNAbp is a C2c3 protein.
- the napDNAbp comprises an amino acid sequence that is at least 85%, at least 90%, at least 91%, at least 92%, at least 93%, at least 94%, at least 95%, at least 96%, at least 97%, at least 98%, at least 99%, or at least 99.5% identical to a naturally-occurring C2c1, C2c2, or C2c3 protein.
- the napDNAbp is a naturally-occurring C2c1, C2c2, or C2c3 protein.
- the napDNAbp comprises an amino acid sequence that is at least 85%, at least 90%, at least 91%, at least 92%, at least 93%, at least 94%, at least 95%, at least 96%, at least 97%, at least 98%, at least 99%, or at least 99.5% identical to any one of SEQ ID NOs: 26-28.
- the napDNAbp comprises an amino acid sequence of any one SEQ ID NOs: 26-28. It should be appreciated that C2c1, C2c2, or C2c3 from other bacterial species may also be used in accordance with the present disclosure.
- C2c1 (uniprot.org/uniprot/TOD7A2#) spIT0D7A2
- the nucleic acid programmable DNA binding protein (napDNAbp) of any of the fusion proteins provided herein is a Cas9 from archaea (e.g. nanoarchaea), which constitute a domain and kingdom of single-celled prokaryotic microbes.
- the napDNAbp is CasX or CasY, which have been described in, for example, Burstein et al., “New CRISPR-Cas systems from uncultivated microbes.” Cell Res. 2017 Feb. 21. doi: 10.1038/cr.2017.21, which is incorporated herein by reference.
- Cas9 refers to CasX, or a variant of CasX.
- Cas9 refers to a CasY, or a variant of CasY. It should be appreciated that other RNA-guided DNA binding proteins may be used as a nucleic acid programmable DNA binding protein (napDNAbp) and are within the scope of this disclosure.
- the nucleic acid programmable DNA binding protein (napDNAbp) of any of the fusion proteins provided herein is a CasX or CasY protein.
- the napDNAbp is a CasX protein.
- the napDNAbp is a CasY protein.
- the napDNAbp comprises an amino acid sequence that is at least 85%, at least 90%, at least 91%, at least 92%, at least 93%, at least 94%, at least 95%, at least 96%, at least 97%, at least 98%, at least 99%, or at least 99.5% identical to a naturally-occurring CasX or CasY protein.
- the napDNAbp is a naturally-occurring CasX or CasY protein.
- the napDNAbp comprises an amino acid sequence that is at least 85%, at least 90%, at least 91%, at least 92%, at least 93%, at least 94%, at least 95%, at least 96%, at least 97%, at least 98%, at least 99%, or at least 99.5% identical to any one of SEQ ID NOs: 29-31.
- the napDNAbp comprises an amino acid sequence of any one SEQ ID NOs: 29-31. It should be appreciated that CasX and CasY from other bacterial species may also be used in accordance with the present disclosure.
- Non-limiting, exemplary Cas9 domains are provided herein.
- the Cas9 domain may be a nuclease active Cas9 domain, a nucleasae inactive Cas9 domain, or a Cas9 nickase.
- the Cas9 domain is a nuclease active domain.
- the Cas9 domain may be a Cas9 domain that cuts both strands of a duplexed nucleic acid (e.g., both strands of a duplexed DNA molecule).
- the Cas9 domain comprises any Cas9 protein, such as any one of the Cas9 amino acid sequences as provided herein.
- the Cas9 domain comprises an amino acid sequence that is at least 60%, at least 65%, at least 70%, at least 75%, at least 80%, at least 85%, at least 90%, at least 95%, at least 96%, at least 97%, at least 98%, at least 99%, or at least 99.5% identical to any Cas9 protein, such as any one of the Cas9 amino acid sequences as provided herein.
- the Cas9 domain comprises an amino acid sequence that has 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 21, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, or more mutations compared to any Cas9 protein, such as any one of the Cas9 amino acid sequences as provided herein.
- the Cas9 domain comprises an amino acid sequence that has at least 10, at least 15, at least 20, at least 30, at least 40, at least 50, at least 60, at least 70, at least 80, at least 90, at least 100, at least 150, at least 200, at least 250, at least 300, at least 350, at least 400, at least 500, at least 600, at least 700, at least 800, at least 900, at least 1000, at least 1100, or at least 1200 identical contiguous amino acid residues as compared to any Cas9 protein, such as any one of the Cas9 amino acid sequences as provided herein.
- the Cas9 domain is a nuclease-inactive Cas9 domain (dCas9).
- the dCas9 domain may bind to a duplexed nucleic acid molecule (e.g., via a gRNA molecule) without cleaving either strand of the duplexed nucleic acid molecule.
- the nuclease-inactive dCas9 domain comprises a D10 ⁇ mutation and a H840X mutation of the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 6, or a corresponding mutation in any Cas9 protein, such as any one of the Cas9 amino acid sequences as provided herein, wherein X is any amino acid change.
- the nuclease-inactive dCas9 domain comprises a D10A mutation and a H840A mutation of the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 6, or a corresponding mutation in any Cas9 protein, such as any one of the Cas9 amino acid sequences as provided herein.
- a nuclease-inactive Cas9 domain comprises the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 32 (Cloning vector pPlatTET-gRNA2, Accession No. BAV54124).
- nuclease-inactive dCas9 domains will be apparent to those of skill in the art based on this disclosure and knowledge in the field, and are within the scope of this disclosure.
- Such additional exemplary suitable nuclease-inactive Cas9 domains include, but are not limited to, D10A/H840A, D10A/D839A/H840A, and D10A/D839A/H840A/N863A mutant domains (See, e.g., Prashant et al., CAS9 transcriptional activators for target specificity screening and paired nickases for cooperative genome engineering. Nature Biotechnology. 2013; 31(9): 833-838, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference).
- the dCas9 domain comprises an amino acid sequence that is at least 60%, at least 65%, at least 70%, at least 75%, at least 80%, at least 85%, at least 90%, at least 95%, at least 96%, at least 97%, at least 98%, at least 99%, or at least 99.5% identical to any one of the dCas9 domains provided herein.
- the Cas9 domain comprises an amino acid sequences that has 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 21, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50 or more or more mutations compared to any Cas9 protein, such as any one of the Cas9 amino acid sequences as provided herein.
- the Cas9 domain comprises an amino acid sequence that has at least 10, at least 15, at least 20, at least 30, at least 40, at least 50, at least 60, at least 70, at least 80, at least 90, at least 100, at least 150, at least 200, at least 250, at least 300, at least 350, at least 400, at least 500, at least 600, at least 700, at least 800, at least 900, at least 1000, at least 1100, or at least 1200 identical contiguous amino acid residues as compared to any Cas9 protein, such as any one of the Cas9 amino acid sequences as provided herein.
- the Cas9 domain is a Cas9 nickase.
- the Cas9 nickase may be a Cas9 protein that is capable of cleaving only one strand of a duplexed nucleic acid molecule (e.g., a duplexed DNA molecule).
- the Cas9 nickase cleaves the target strand of a duplexed nucleic acid molecule, meaning that the Cas9 nickase cleaves the strand that is base paired to (complementary to) a gRNA (e.g., an sgRNA) that is bound to the Cas9.
- a gRNA e.g., an sgRNA
- a Cas9 nickase comprises a D10A mutation and has a histidine at position 840 of SEQ ID NO: 6, or a mutation in any Cas9 protein, such as any one of the Cas9 amino acid sequences as provided herein.
- a Cas9 nickase may comprise the amino acid sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 8.
- the Cas9 nickase cleaves the non-target, non-base-edited strand of a duplexed nucleic acid molecule, meaning that the Cas9 nickase cleaves the strand that is not base paired to a gRNA (e.g., an sgRNA) that is bound to the Cas9.
- a gRNA e.g., an sgRNA
- a Cas9 nickase comprises an H840A mutation and has an aspartic acid residue at position 10 of SEQ ID NO: 6, or a corresponding mutation in any Cas9 protein, such as any one of the Cas9 amino acid sequences as provided herein.
- the Cas9 nickase comprises an amino acid sequence that is at least 60%, at least 65%, at least 70%, at least 75%, at least 80%, at least 85%, at least 90%, at least 95%, at least 96%, at least 97%, at least 98%, at least 99%, or at least 99.5% identical to any one of the Cas9 nickases provided herein. Additional suitable Cas9 nickases will be apparent to those of skill in the art based on this disclosure and knowledge in the field, and are within the scope of this disclosure.
- Cas9 domains that have different PAM specificities.
- Cas9 proteins such as Cas9 from S. pyogenes (spCas9)
- spCas9 require a canonical NGG PAM sequence to bind a particular nucleic acid region. This may limit the ability to edit desired bases within a genome.
- the base editing fusion proteins provided herein may need to be placed at a precise location, for example where a target base is placed within a 4 base region (e.g., a “deamination window”), which is approximately 15 bases upstream of the PAM. See Komor, A.
- any of the fusion proteins provided herein may contain a Cas9 domain that is capable of binding a nucleotide sequence that does not contain a canonical (e.g., NGG) PAM sequence.
- Cas9 domains that bind to non-canonical PAM sequences have been described in the art and would be apparent to the skilled artisan. For example, Cas9 domains that bind non-canonical PAM sequences have been described in Kleinstiver, B.
- the Cas9 domain is a Cas9 domain from Staphylococcus aureus (SaCas9).
- the SaCas9 domain is a nuclease active SaCas9, a nuclease inactive SaCas9 (SaCas9d), or a SaCas9 nickase (SaCas9n).
- the SaCas9 comprises the amino acid sequence SEQ ID NO: 33.
- the SaCas9 comprises a N579X mutation of SEQ ID NO: 33, or a corresponding mutation in any Cas9 protein, such as any one of the Cas9 amino acid sequences as provided herein, wherein X is any amino acid except for N.
- the SaCas9 comprises a N579A mutation of SEQ ID NO: 33, or a corresponding mutation in any Cas9 protein, such as any one of the Cas9 amino acid sequences as provided herein.
- the SaCas9 domain, the SaCas9d domain, or the SaCas9n domain can bind to a nucleic acid sequence having a non-canonical PAM.
- the SaCas9 domain, the SaCas9d domain, or the SaCas9n domain can bind to a nucleic acid sequence having a NNGRRT PAM sequence.
- the SaCas9 domain comprises one or more of a E781X, a N967X, and a R1014X mutation of SEQ ID NO: 33, or a corresponding mutation in any Cas9 protein, such as any one of the Cas9 amino acid sequences as provided herein, wherein X is any amino acid.
- the SaCas9 domain comprises one or more of a E781K, a N967K, and a R1014H mutation of SEQ ID NO: 33, or one or more corresponding mutation in any Cas9 protein, such as any one of the Cas9 amino acid sequences as provided herein.
- the SaCas9 domain comprises a E781K, a N967K, or a R1014H mutation of SEQ ID NO: 33, or corresponding mutations in any Cas9 protein, such as any one of the Cas9 amino acid sequences as provided herein.
- the Cas9 domain of any of the fusion proteins provided herein comprises an amino acid sequence that is at least 60%, at least 65%, at least 70%, at least 75%, at least 80%, at least 85%, at least 90%, at least 95%, at least 96%, at least 97%, at least 98%, at least 99%, or at least 99.5% identical to any one of SEQ ID NOs: 33-36.
- the Cas9 domain of any of the fusion proteins provided herein comprises the amino acid sequence of any one of SEQ ID NOs: 33-36.
- the Cas9 domain of any of the fusion proteins provided herein consists of the amino acid sequence of any one of SEQ ID NOs: 33-36.
- Residue A579 of SEQ ID NO: 36 which can be mutated from N579 of SEQ ID NO: 36 to yield a SaCas9 nickase, is underlined and in bold.
- Residues K781, K967, and H1014 of SEQ ID NO: 36 which can be mutated from E781, N967, and R1014 of SEQ ID NO: 36 to yield a SaKKH Cas9 are underlined and in italics.
- the Cas9 domain is a Cas9 domain from Streptococcus pyogenes (SpCas9).
- the SpCas9 domain is a nuclease active SpCas9, a nuclease inactive SpCas9 (SpCas9d), or a SpCas9 nickase (SpCas9n).
- the SpCas9 comprises the amino acid sequence SEQ ID NO: 37.
- the SpCas9 comprises a D9X mutation of SEQ ID NO: 37, or a corresponding mutation in any Cas9 protein, such as any one of the Cas9 amino acid sequences as provided herein, wherein X is any amino acid except for D.
- the SpCas9 comprises a D9A mutation of SEQ ID NO: 37, or a corresponding mutation in any Cas9 protein, such as any one of the Cas9 amino acid sequences as provided herein.
- the SpCas9 domain, the SpCas9d domain, or the SpCas9n domain can bind to a nucleic acid sequence having a non-canonical PAM.
- the SpCas9 domain, the SpCas9d domain, or the SpCas9n domain can bind to a nucleic acid sequence having a NGG, a NGA, or a NGCG PAM sequence.
- the SpCas9 domain comprises one or more of a D1134X, a R1334X, and a T1336X mutation of SEQ ID NO: 37, or a corresponding mutation in any Cas9 protein, such as any one of the Cas9 amino acid sequences as provided herein, wherein X is any amino acid.
- the SpCas9 domain comprises one or more of a D1134E, R1334Q, and T1336R mutation of SEQ ID NO: 37, or a corresponding mutation in any Cas9 protein, such as any one of the Cas9 amino acid sequences as provided herein.
- the SpCas9 domain comprises a D1134E, a R1334Q, and a T1336R mutation of SEQ ID NO: 37, or corresponding mutations in any Cas9 protein, such as any one of the Cas9 amino acid sequences as provided herein.
- the SpCas9 domain comprises one or more of a D1134X, a R1334X, and a T1336X mutation of SEQ ID NO: 37, or a corresponding mutation in any Cas9 protein, such as any one of the Cas9 amino acid sequences as provided herein, wherein X is any amino acid.
- the SpCas9 domain comprises one or more of a D1134V, a R1334Q, and a T1336R mutation of SEQ ID NO: 37, or a corresponding mutation in any Cas9 protein, such as any one of the Cas9 amino acid sequences as provided herein.
- the SpCas9 domain comprises a D1134V, a R1334Q, and a T1336R mutation of SEQ ID NO: 37, or corresponding mutations in any Cas9 protein, such as any one of the Cas9 amino acid sequences as provided herein.
- the SpCas9 domain comprises one or more of a D1134X, a G1217X, a R1334X, and a T1336X mutation of SEQ ID NO: 37, or a corresponding mutation in any Cas9 protein, such as any one of the Cas9 amino acid sequences as provided herein, wherein X is any amino acid.
- the SpCas9 domain comprises one or more of a D1134V, a G1217R, a R1334Q, and a T1336R mutation of SEQ ID NO: 37, or a corresponding mutation in any Cas9 protein, such as any one of the Cas9 amino acid sequences as provided herein.
- the SpCas9 domain comprises a D1134V, a G1217R, a R1334Q, and a T1336R mutation of SEQ ID NO: 37, or corresponding mutations in any Cas9 protein, such as any one of the Cas9 amino acid sequences as provided herein.
- the Cas9 domain of any of the fusion proteins provided herein comprises an amino acid sequence that is at least 60%, at least 65%, at least 70%, at least 75%, at least 80%, at least 85%, at least 90%, at least 95%, at least 96%, at least 97%, at least 98%, at least 99%, or at least 99.5% identical to any one of SEQ ID NOs: 37-41.
- the Cas9 domain of any of the fusion proteins provided herein comprises the amino acid sequence of any one of SEQ ID NOs: 37-41.
- the Cas9 domain of any of the fusion proteins provided herein consists of the amino acid sequence of any one of SEQ ID NOs: 37-41.
- fusion proteins capable of binding to a nucleic acid sequence having a non-canonical (e.g., a non-NGG) PAM sequence:
- Cas9 fusion proteins comprising a Cas9 domain that has high fidelity. Additional aspects of the disclosure provide Cas9 fusion proteins (e.g., any of the fusion proteins provided herein) comprising a Cas9 domain with decreased electrostatic interactions between the Cas9 domain and a sugar-phosphate backbone of a DNA, as compared to a wild-type Cas9 domain.
- a Cas9 domain e.g., a wild type Cas9 domain
- any of the Cas9 fusion proteins provided herein comprise one or more of a N497X, a R661X, a Q695X, and/or a Q926X mutation of the amino acid sequence provided in SEQ ID NO: 6, or a corresponding mutation in any Cas9 protein, such as any one of the Cas9 amino acid sequences as provided herein, wherein X is any amino acid.
- any of the Cas9 fusion proteins provided herein comprise one or more of a N497A, a R661A, a Q695A, and/or a Q926A mutation of the amino acid sequence provided in SEQ ID NO: 6, or a corresponding mutation in any Cas9 protein, such as any one of the Cas9 amino acid sequences as provided herein.
- the Cas9 domain comprises a D10A mutation of the amino acid sequence provided in SEQ ID NO: 6, or a corresponding mutation in any Cas9 protein, such as any one of the Cas9 amino acid sequences as provided herein.
- the Cas9 domain (e.g., of any of the fusion proteins provided herein) comprises the amino acid sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 47.
- the fusion protein comprises the amino acid sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 48.
- Cas9 domains with high fidelity are known in the art and would be apparent to the skilled artisan. For example, Cas9 domains with high fidelity have been described in Kleinstiver, B. P., et al. “High-fidelity CRISPR-Cas9 nucleases with no detectable genome-wide off-target effects.” Nature 529, 490-495 (2016); and Slaymaker, I. M., et al. “Rationally engineered Cas9 nucleases with improved specificity.” Science 351, 84-88 (2015); the entire contents of each are incorporated herein by reference.
- base editor 2 may be converted into high fidelity base editors by modifying the Cas9 domain as described herein to generate high fidelity base editors, for example, high fidelity base editor 2 (HF-BE2) or high fidelity base editor 3 (HF-BE3).
- base editor 2 comprises a deaminase domain, a dCas9, and a UGI domain.
- base editor 3 comprises a deaminase domain, anCas9 domain and a UGI domain.
- any of the Cas9 domains may be fused to a second protein, thus fusion proteins provided herein comprise a Cas9 domain as provided herein and a second protein, or a “fusion partner”.
- the second protein is fused to the N-terminus of the Cas9 domain.
- the second protein is fused to the C-terminus of the Cas9 domain.
- the second protein that is fused to the Cas9 domain is a nucleic acid editing domain.
- the Cas9 domain and the nucleic acid editing domain are fused via a linker, while in other embodiments the Cas9 domain and the nucleic acid editing domain are fused directly to one another. In some embodiments, the Cas9 domain and the nucleic acid editing domain are fused via a linker of any length or composition.
- the linker may be a bond, one or more amino acids, a peptide, or a polymer, of any length and composition.
- the linker comprises (GGGS) n (SEQ ID NO: 613), (GGGGS) n (SEQ ID NO: 607), (G) n (SEQ ID NO: 608), (EAAAK) n (SEQ ID NO: 609), (GGS) n (SEQ ID NO: 610), (SGGS) n (SEQ ID NO: 606), SGSETPGTSESATPES (SEQ ID NO: 604), SGGS(GGS) n (SEQ ID NO: 612), SGGSSGGSSGSETPGTSESATPESSGGSSGGS (SEQ ID NO: 605), or (XP) n (SEQ ID NO: 611) motif, or a combination of any of these, wherein n is independently an integer between 1 and 30, and wherein X is any amino acid.
- the linker comprises a (GGS) n motif, wherein n is 1, 3, or 7. In some embodiments, the linker comprises a (GGS) n (SEQ ID NO: 610) motif, wherein n is 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, or 15. In some embodiments, the linker comprises the amino acid sequence SGGS(GGS) n (SEQ ID NO: 612), wherein n is 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, or 10. In some embodiments, the linker comprises the amino acid sequence SGGS(GGS) n (SEQ ID NO: 612), wherein n is 2.
- the linker comprises an amino acid sequence of SGSETPGTSESATPES (SEQ ID NO: 604), also referred to as the XTEN linker in the Examples).
- the linker comprises the amino acid sequence SGGSSGGSSGSETPGTSESATPESSGGSSGGS (SEQ ID NO: 605), also referred to as the 32 amino acid linker in the Examples.
- the length of the linker can influence the base to be edited, as illustrated in the Examples.
- a linker of 3-amino-acid long may give a 2-5, 2-4, 2-3, 3-4 base editing window relative to the PAM sequence
- a 9-amino-acid linker e.g., (GGS) 3 (SEQ ID NO: 610)
- a 16-amino-acid linker (e.g., the XTEN linker) may give a 2-7, 2-6, 2-5, 2-4, 2-3, 3-7, 3-6, 3-5, 3-4, 4-7, 4-6, 4-5, 5-7, 5-6, 6-7 base window relative to the PAM sequence with exceptionally strong activity, and a 21-amino-acid linker (e.g., (GGS) 7 (SEQ ID NO: 610)) may give a 3-8, 3-7, 3-6, 3-5, 3-4, 4-8, 4-7, 4-6, 4-5, 5-8, 5-7, 5-6, 6-8, 6-7, 7-8 base editing window relative to the PAM sequence.
- a 21-amino-acid linker e.g., (GGS) 7 (SEQ ID NO: 610)
- the second protein comprises an enzymatic domain.
- the enzymatic domain is a nucleic acid editing domain.
- a nucleic acid editing domain may be, without limitation, a nuclease, a nickase, a recombinase, a deaminase, a methyltransferase, a methylase, an acetylase, or an acetyltransferase.
- Non-limiting exemplary binding domains that may be used in accordance with this disclosure include transcriptional activator domains and transcriptional repressor domains.
- second protein comprises a nucleic acid editing domain.
- the nucleic acid editing domain can catalyze a C to U base change.
- the nucleic acid editing domain is a deaminase domain.
- the deaminase is a cytidine deaminase or a cytidine deaminase.
- the deaminase is an apolipoprotein B mRNA-editing complex (APOBEC) family deaminase.
- APOBEC1 deaminase is an APOBEC1 deaminase.
- the deaminase is an APOBEC2 deaminase. In some embodiments, the deaminase is an APOBEC3 deaminase. In some embodiments, the deaminase is an APOBEC3A deaminase. In some embodiments, the deaminase is an APOBEC3B deaminase. In some embodiments, the deaminase is an APOBEC3C deaminase. In some embodiments, the deaminase is an APOBEC3D deaminase. In some embodiments, the deaminase is an APOBEC3E deaminase.
- the deaminase is an APOBEC3F deaminase. In some embodiments, the deaminase is an APOBEC3G deaminase. In some embodiments, the deaminase is an APOBEC3H deaminase. In some embodiments, the deaminase is an APOBEC4 deaminase. In some embodiments, the deaminase is an activation-induced deaminase (AID). In some embodiments, the deaminase is a vertebrate deaminase. In some embodiments, the deaminase is an invertebrate deaminase.
- the deaminase is a human, chimpanzee, gorilla, monkey, cow, dog, rat, or mouse deaminase. In some embodiments, the deaminase is a human deaminase. In some embodiments, the deaminase is a rat deaminase, e.g., rAPOBEC1. In some embodiments, the deaminase is an activation-induced cytidine deaminase (AID). In some embodiments, the deaminase is a cytidine deaminase 1 (CDA1).
- CDA1 cytidine deaminase 1
- the deaminase is a Petromyzon marinus cytidine deaminase 1 (pmCDA1). In some embodiments, the deminase is a human APOBEC3G (SEQ ID NO: 60). In some embodiments, the deaminase is a fragment of the human APOBEC3G (SEQ ID NO: 83). In some embodiments, the deaminase is a human APOBEC3G variant comprising a D316R_D317R mutation (SEQ ID NO: 82). In some embodiments, the deaminase is a nacment of the human APOBEC3G and comprising mutations corresponding to the D316R_D317R mutations in SEQ ID NO: 60 (SEQ ID NO: 84).
- the nucleic acid editing domain is at least 80%, at least 85%, at least 90%, at least 92%, at least 95%, at least 96%, at least 97%, at least 98%, at least 99%, or at least 99.5% identical to the deaminase domain of any one of SEQ ID NOs: 49-84. In some embodiments, the nucleic acid editing domain comprises the amino acid sequence of any one of SEQ ID NOs: 49-84.
- Some aspects of the disclosure are based on the recognition that modulating the deaminase domain catalytic activity of any of the fusion proteins provided herein, for example by making point mutations in the deaminase domain, affect the processivity of the fusion proteins (e.g., base editors). For example, mutations that reduce, but do not eliminate, the catalytic activity of a deaminase domain within a base editing fusion protein can make it less likely that the deaminase domain will catalyze the deamination of a residue adjacent to a target residue, thereby narrowing the deamination window. The ability to narrow the deaminataion window may prevent unwanted deamination of residues adjacent of specific target residues, which may decrease or prevent off-target effects.
- any of the fusion proteins provided herein comprise a deaminase domain (e.g., a cytidine deaminase domain) that has reduced catalytic deaminase activity.
- any of the fusion proteins provided herein comprise a deaminase domain (e.g., a cytidine deaminase domain) that has a reduced catalytic deaminase activity as compared to an appropriate control.
- the appropriate control may be the deaminase activity of the deaminase prior to introducing one or more mutations into the deaminase. In other embodiments, the appropriate control may be a wild-type deaminase.
- the appropriate control is a wild-type apolipoprotein B mRNA-editing complex (APOBEC) family deaminase.
- APOBEC apolipoprotein B mRNA-editing complex
- the appropriate control is an APOBEC1 deaminase, an APOBEC2 deaminase, an APOBEC3A deaminase, an APOBEC3B deaminase, an APOBEC3C deaminase, an APOBEC3D deaminase, an APOBEC3F deaminase, an APOBEC3G deaminase, or an APOBEC3H deaminase.
- APOBEC1 deaminase an APOBEC2 deaminase
- an APOBEC3A deaminase an APOBEC3B deaminase
- the appropriate control is an activation induced deaminase (AID).
- the appropriate control is a cytidine deaminase 1 from Petromyzon marinus (pmCDA1).
- the deaminse domain may be a deaminase domain that has at least 1%, at least 5%, at least 15%, at least 20%, at least 25%, at least 30%, at least 40%, at least 50%, at least 60%, at least 70%, at least 80%, at least 90%, or at least 95% less catalytic deaminase activity as compared to an appropriate control.
- any of the fusion proteins provided herein comprise an APOBEC deaminase comprising one or more mutations selected from the group consisting of H121X, H122X, R126X, R126X, R118X, W90X, W90X, and R132X of rAPOBEC1 (SEQ ID NO: 76), or one or more corresponding mutations in another APOBEC deaminase, wherein X is any amino acid.
- any of the fusion proteins provided herein comprise an APOBEC deaminase comprising one or more mutations selected from the group consisting of H121R, H122R, R126A, R126E, R118A, W90A, W90Y, and R132E of rAPOBEC1 (SEQ ID NO: 76), or one or more corresponding mutations in another APOBEC deaminase.
- any of the fusion proteins provided herein comprise an APOBEC deaminase comprising one or more mutations selected from the group consisting of D316X, D317X, R320X, R320X, R313X, W285X, W285X, R326X of hAPOBEC3G (SEQ ID NO: 60), or one or more corresponding mutations in another APOBEC deaminase, wherein X is any amino acid.
- any of the fusion proteins provided herein comprise an APOBEC deaminase comprising one or more mutations selected from the group consisting of D316R, D317R, R320A, R320E, R313A, W285A, W285Y, R326E of hAPOBEC3G (SEQ ID NO: 60), or one or more corresponding mutations in another APOBEC deaminase.
- any of the fusion proteins provided herein comprise an APOBEC deaminase comprising a H121R and a H122Rmutation of rAPOBEC1 (SEQ ID NO: 76), or one or more corresponding mutations in another APOBEC deaminase.
- any of the fusion proteins provided herein comprise an APOBEC deaminase comprising a R126A mutation of rAPOBEC1 (SEQ ID NO: 76), or one or more corresponding mutations in another APOBEC deaminase.
- any of the fusion proteins provided herein comprise an APOBEC deaminase comprising a R126E mutation of rAPOBEC1 (SEQ ID NO: 76), or one or more corresponding mutations in another APOBEC deaminase. In some embodiments, any of the fusion proteins provided herein comprise an APOBEC deaminase comprising a R118A mutation of rAPOBEC1 (SEQ ID NO: 76), or one or more corresponding mutations in another APOBEC deaminase.
- any of the fusion proteins provided herein comprise an APOBEC deaminase comprising a W90A mutation of rAPOBEC1 (SEQ ID NO: 76), or one or more corresponding mutations in another APOBEC deaminase. In some embodiments, any of the fusion proteins provided herein comprise an APOBEC deaminase comprising a W90Y mutation of rAPOBEC1 (SEQ ID NO: 76), or one or more corresponding mutations in another APOBEC deaminase.
- any of the fusion proteins provided herein comprise an APOBEC deaminase comprising a R132E mutation of rAPOBEC1 (SEQ ID NO: 76), or one or more corresponding mutations in another APOBEC deaminase. In some embodiments, any of the fusion proteins provided herein comprise an APOBEC deaminase comprising a W90Y and a R126E mutation of rAPOBEC1 (SEQ ID NO: 76), or one or more corresponding mutations in another APOBEC deaminase.
- any of the fusion proteins provided herein comprise an APOBEC deaminase comprising a R126E and a R132E mutation of rAPOBEC1 (SEQ ID NO: 76), or one or more corresponding mutations in another APOBEC deaminase.
- any of the fusion proteins provided herein comprise an APOBEC deaminase comprising a W90Y and a R132E mutation of rAPOBEC1 (SEQ ID NO: 76), or one or more corresponding mutations in another APOBEC deaminase.
- any of the fusion proteins provided herein comprise an APOBEC deaminase comprising a W90Y, R126E, and R132E mutation of rAPOBEC1 (SEQ ID NO: 76), or one or more corresponding mutations in another APOBEC deaminase.
- any of the fusion proteins provided herein comprise an APOBEC deaminase comprising a D316R and a D317R mutation of hAPOBEC3G (SEQ ID NO: 60), or one or more corresponding mutations in another APOBEC deaminase.
- any of the fusion proteins provided herein comprise an APOBEC deaminase comprising a R320A mutation of hAPOBEC3G (SEQ ID NO: 60), or one or more corresponding mutations in another APOBEC deaminase.
- any of the fusion proteins provided herein comprise an APOBEC deaminase comprising a R320E mutation of hAPOBEC3G (SEQ ID NO: 60), or one or more corresponding mutations in another APOBEC deaminase. In some embodiments, any of the fusion proteins provided herein comprise an APOBEC deaminase comprising a R313A mutation of hAPOBEC3G (SEQ ID NO: 60), or one or more corresponding mutations in another APOBEC deaminase.
- any of the fusion proteins provided herein comprise an APOBEC deaminase comprising a W285A mutation of hAPOBEC3G (SEQ ID NO: 60), or one or more corresponding mutations in another APOBEC deaminase. In some embodiments, any of the fusion proteins provided herein comprise an APOBEC deaminase comprising a W285Y mutation of hAPOBEC3G (SEQ ID NO: 60), or one or more corresponding mutations in another APOBEC deaminase.
- any of the fusion proteins provided herein comprise an APOBEC deaminase comprising a R326E mutation of hAPOBEC3G (SEQ ID NO: 60), or one or more corresponding mutations in another APOBEC deaminase.
- any of the fusion proteins provided herein comprise an APOBEC deaminase comprising a W285Y and a R320E mutation of hAPOBEC3G (SEQ ID NO: 60), or one or more corresponding mutations in another APOBEC deaminase.
- any of the fusion proteins provided herein comprise an APOBEC deaminase comprising a R320E and a R326E mutation of hAPOBEC3G (SEQ ID NO: 60), or one or more corresponding mutations in another APOBEC deaminase.
- any of the fusion proteins provided herein comprise an APOBEC deaminase comprising a W285Y and a R326E mutation of hAPOBEC3G (SEQ ID NO: 60), or one or more corresponding mutations in another APOBEC deaminase.
- any of the fusion proteins provided herein comprise an APOBEC deaminase comprising a W285Y, R320E, and R326E mutation of hAPOBEC3G (SEQ ID NO: 60), or one or more corresponding mutations in another APOBEC deaminase.
- a nuclease-inactive Cas9 domain comprises an amino acid sequence that is at least 80%, at least 85%, at least 90%, at least 92%, at least 95%, at least 96%, at least 97%, at least 98%, at least 99%, or at least 99.5% identical to the amino acid sequence of a Cas9 as provided by any Cas9 protein, such as any one of the Cas9 amino acid sequences as provided herein, and comprises mutations that inactivate the nuclease activity of Cas9.
- the DNA cleavage domain of Cas9 is known to include two subdomains, the HNH nuclease subdomain and the RuvC1 subdomain.
- the HNH subdomain cleaves the strand complementary to the gRNA, whereas the RuvC1 subdomain cleaves the non-complementary strand.
- Mutations within these subdomains can silence the nuclease activity of Cas9.
- the mutations D10A and H840A completely inactivate the nuclease activity of S. pyogenes Cas9 (Jinek et al., Science.
- the dCas9 of this disclosure comprises a D10A mutation of the amino acid sequence provided in SEQ ID NO: 6, or a corresponding mutation in any Cas9 protein, such as any one of the Cas9 amino acid sequences as provided herein.
- the dCas9 of this disclosure comprises a H840A mutation of the amino acid sequence provided in SEQ ID NO: 6, or a corresponding mutation in any Cas9 protein, such as any one of the Cas9 amino acid sequences as provided herein.
- the dCas9 of this disclosure comprises both D10A and H840A mutations of the amino acid sequence provided in SEQ ID NO: 6, or a corresponding mutation in any Cas9 protein, such as any one of the Cas9 amino acid sequences as provided herein.
- the Cas9 further comprises a histidine residue at position 840 of the amino acid sequence provided in SEQ ID NO: 6, or a corresponding mutation in any Cas9 protein, such as any one of the Cas9 amino acid sequences as provided herein.
- the presence of the catalytic residue H840 restores the acvitity of the Cas9 to cleave the non-edited strand containing a G opposite the targeted C.
- the dCas9 comprises an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 32. It is to be understood that other mutations that inactivate the nuclease domains of Cas9 may also be included in the dCas9 of this disclosure.
- the Cas9 or dCas9 domains comprising the mutations disclosed herein may be a full-length Cas9, or a fragment thereof.
- proteins comprising Cas9, or fragments thereof are referred to as “Cas9 variants.”
- a Cas9 variant shares homology to Cas9, or a fragment thereof.
- a Cas9 variant is at least about 70% identical, at least about 80% identical, at least about 90% identical, at least about 95% identical, at least about 96% identical, at least about 97% identical, at least about 98% identical, at least about 99% identical, at least about 99.5% identical, or at least about 99.9% to wild type Cas9.
- the Cas9 variant comprises a fragment of Cas9 (e.g., a gRNA binding domain or a DNA-cleavage domain), such that the fragment is at least about 70% identical, at least about 80% identical, at least about 90% identical, at least about 95% identical, at least about 96% identical, at least about 97% identical, at least about 98% identical, at least about 99% identical, at least about 99.5% identical, or at least about 99.9% identical to the corresponding fragment of wild type Cas9, e.g., a Cas9 comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 6.
- any of the Cas9 fusion proteins of this disclosure may further comprise a nucleic acid editing domain (e.g., an enzyme that is capable of modifying nucleic acid, such as a deaminase).
- the nucleic acid editing domain is a DNA-editing domain.
- the nucleic acid editing domain has deaminase activity.
- the nucleic acid editing domain comprises or consists of a deaminase or deaminase domain.
- the deaminase is a cytidine deaminase.
- the deaminase is an apolipoprotein B mRNA-editing complex (APOBEC) family deaminase. In some embodiments, the deaminase is an APOBEC1 family deaminase. In some embodiments, the deaminase is an activation-induced cytidine deaminase (AID).
- APOBEC apolipoprotein B mRNA-editing complex
- AID activation-induced cytidine deaminase
- a fusion protein comprising a Cas9 domain fused to a nucleic acid editing domain, wherein the nucleic acid editing domain is fused to the N-terminus of the Cas9 domain.
- the Cas9 domain and the nucleic acid editing-editing domain are fused via a linker.
- the linker comprises a (GGGS) n (SEQ ID NO: 613), a (GGGGS) n (SEQ ID NO: 607), a (G) n (SEQ ID NO: 608), an (EAAAK) n (SEQ ID NO: 609), a (GGS) n (SEQ ID NO: 610), (SGGS) n (SEQ ID NO: 606), an SGSETPGTSESATPES (SEQ ID NO: 604) motif (see, e.g., Guilinger J P, Thompson D B, Liu D R. Fusion of catalytically inactive Cas9 to FokI nuclease improves the specificity of genome modification. Nat. Biotechnol.
- n is independently an integer between 1 and 30.
- n is independently 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, or 30, or, if more than one linker or more than one linker motif is present, any combination thereof.
- the linker comprises a (GGS) n (SEQ ID NO: 610) motif, wherein n is 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 or 15.
- the linker comprises a (GGS) n (SEQ ID NO: 610) motif, wherein n is 1, 3, or 7.
- the linker comprises the amino acid sequence SGSETPGTSESATPES (SEQ ID NO: 604). Additional suitable linker motifs and linker configurations will be apparent to those of skill in the art. In some embodiments, suitable linker motifs and configurations include those described in Chen et al., Fusion protein linkers: property, design and functionality. Adv Drug Deliv Rev. 2013; 65(10):1357-69, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference. Additional suitable linker sequences will be apparent to those of skill in the art based on the instant disclosure. In some embodiments, the general architecture of exemplary Cas9 fusion proteins provided herein comprises the structure:
- NH 2 is the N-terminus of the fusion protein
- COOH is the C-terminus of the fusion protein
- the fusion protein may comprise one or more additional features.
- the fusion protein comprises a nuclear localization sequence (NLS).
- NLS of the fusion protein is localized between the nucleic acid editing domain and the Cas9 domain.
- the NLS of the fusion protein is localized C-terminal to the Cas9 domain.
- localization sequences such as cytoplasmic localization sequences, export sequences, such as nuclear export sequences, or other localization sequences, as well as sequence tags that are useful for solubilization, purification, or detection of the fusion proteins.
- Suitable protein tags include, but are not limited to, biotin carboxylase carrier protein (BCCP) tags, myc-tags, calmodulin-tags, FLAG-tags, hemagglutinin (HA)-tags, polyhistidine tags, also referred to as histidine tags or His-tags, maltose binding protein (MBP)-tags, nus-tags, glutathione-S-transferase (GST)-tags, green fluorescent protein (GFP)-tags, thioredoxin-tags, S-tags, Softags (e.g., Softag 1, Softag 3), strep-tags, biotin ligase tags, FlAsH tags, V5 tags, and SBP-tags. Additional suitable sequences will be apparent to those of skill in the art.
- the fusion protein comprises one or more His tags.
- the nucleic acid editing domain is a deaminase.
- the general architecture of exemplary Cas9 fusion proteins with a deaminase domain comprises the structure:
- NLS is a nuclear localization sequence
- NH 2 is the N-terminus of the fusion protein
- COOH is the C-terminus of the fusion protein.
- Nuclear localization sequences are known in the art and would be apparent to the skilled artisan. For example, NLS sequences are described in Plank et al., PCT/EP2000/011690, the contents of which are incorporated herein by reference for their disclosure of exemplary nuclear localization sequences.
- a NLS comprises the amino acid sequence PKKKRKV (SEQ ID NO: 614) or MDSLLMNRRKFLYQFKNVRWAKGRRETYLC (SEQ ID NO: 615).
- a linker is inserted between the Cas9 and the deaminase.
- the NLS is located C-terminal of the Cas9 domain. In some embodiments, the NLS is located N-terminal of the Cas9 domain. In some embodiments, the NLS is located between the deaminase and the Cas9 domain. In some embodiments, the NLS is located N-terminal of the deaminase domain. In some embodiments, the NLS is located C-terminal of the deaminase domain.
- nucleic acid editing domain is a cytidine deaminase, for example, of the APOBEC family.
- the apolipoprotein B mRNA-editing complex (APOBEC) family of cytidine deaminase enzymes encompasses eleven proteins that serve to initiate mutagenesis in a controlled and beneficial manner. 29
- One family member, activation-induced cytidine deaminase (AID) is responsible for the maturation of antibodies by converting cytosines in ssDNA to uracils in a transcription-dependent, strand-biased fashion.
- the apolipoprotein B editing complex 3 (APOBEC3) enzyme provides protection to human cells against a certain HIV-1 strain via the deamination of cytosines in reverse-transcribed viral ssDNA. 31 These proteins all require a Zn 2+ -coordinating motif (His-X-Glu-X 23-26 -Pro-Cys-X 2-4 -Cys; SEQ ID NO: 616) and bound water molecule for catalytic activity. The Glu residue acts to activate the water molecule to a zinc hydroxide for nucleophilic attack in the deamination reaction.
- APOBEC3 apolipoprotein B editing complex 3
- Each family member preferentially deaminates at its own particular “hotspot”, ranging from WRC (W is A or T, R is A or G) for hAID, to TTC for hAPOBEC3F.
- WRC W is A or T
- R is A or G
- TTC TTC for hAPOBEC3F.
- 32 A recent crystal structure of the catalytic domain of APOBEC3G revealed a secondary structure comprised of a five-stranded ⁇ -sheet core flanked by six ⁇ -helices, which is believed to be conserved across the entire family.
- the active center loops have been shown to be responsible for both ssDNA binding and in determining “hotspot” identity.
- Overexpression of these enzymes has been linked to genomic instability and cancer, thus highlighting the importance of sequence-specific targeting. 35
- Some aspects of this disclosure relate to the recognition that the activity of cytidine deaminase enzymes such as APOBEC enzymes can be directed to a specific site in genomic DNA.
- advantages of using Cas9 as a recognition agent include (1) the sequence specificity of Cas9 can be easily altered by simply changing the sgRNA sequence; and (2) Cas9 binds to its target sequence by denaturing the dsDNA, resulting in a stretch of DNA that is single-stranded and therefore a viable substrate for the deaminase. It should be understood that other catalytic domains, or catalytic domains from other deaminases, can also be used to generate fusion proteins with Cas9, and that the disclosure is not limited in this regard.
- Some aspects of this disclosure are based on the recognition that Cas9:deaminase fusion proteins can efficiently deaminate nucleotides at positions 3-11 according to the numbering scheme in FIG. 3 .
- a person of skill in the art will be able to design suitable guide RNAs to target the fusion proteins to a target sequence that comprises a nucleotide to be deaminated.
- the deaminase domain and the Cas9 domain are fused to each other via a linker.
- Various linker lengths and flexibilities between the deaminase domain (e.g., AID) and the Cas9 domain can be employed (e.g., ranging from very flexible linkers of the form (GGGGS) n (SEQ ID NO: 607), (GGS) n (SEQ ID NO: 610), and (G) n (SEQ ID NO: 608) to more rigid linkers of the form (EAAAK) n (SEQ ID NO: 609), (SGGS) n (SEQ ID NO: 606), SGSETPGTSESATPES (SEQ ID NO: 604) (see, e.g., Guilinger J P, Thompson D B, Liu D R.
- the linker comprises a (GGS) n (SEQ ID NO: 610) motif, wherein n is 1, 3, or 7.
- the linker comprises a (an SGSETPGTSESATPES (SEQ ID NO: 604) motif.
- nucleic-acid editing domains e.g., deaminases and deaminase domains
- the active domain of the respective sequence can be used, e.g., the domain without a localizing signal (nuclear localization sequence, without nuclear export signal, cytoplasmic localizing signal).
- Bovine AID
- Bovine APOBEC-3B Bovine APOBEC-3B
- Bovine APOBEC-3A Bovine APOBEC-3A
- Bovine APOBEC-2 Bovine APOBEC-2
- fusion proteins as provided herein comprise the full-length amino acid of a nucleic acid editing enzyme, e.g., one of the sequences provided above. In other embodiments, however, fusion proteins as provided herein do not comprise a full-length sequence of a nucleic acid editing enzyme, but only a fragment thereof.
- a fusion protein provided herein comprises a Cas9 domain and a fragment of a nucleic acid editing enzyme, e.g., wherein the fragment comprises a nucleic acid editing domain.
- Exemplary amino acid sequences of nucleic acid editing domains are shown in the sequences above as italicized letters, and additional suitable sequences of such domains will be apparent to those of skill in the art.
- nucleic-acid editing enzyme sequences e.g., deaminase enzyme and domain sequences, that can be used according to aspects of this invention, e.g., that can be fused to a nuclease-inactive Cas9 domain
- additional enzyme sequences include deaminase enzyme or deaminase domain sequences that are at least 70%, at least 75%, at least 80%, at least 85%, at least 90%, at least 95%, at least 96%, at least 97%, at least 98%, or at least 99% similar to the sequences provided herein.
- Additional suitable Cas9 domains, variants, and sequences will also be apparent to those of skill in the art.
- additional suitable Cas9 domains include, but are not limited to, D10A, D10A/D839A/H840A, and D10A/D839A/H840A/N863A mutant domains (see, e.g., Prashant et al., CAS9 transcriptional activators for target specificity screening and paired nickases for cooperative genome engineering. Nature Biotechnology. 2013; 31(9): 833-838 the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference).
- the Cas9 comprises a histidine residue at position 840 of the amino acid sequence provided in SEQ ID NO: 6, or a corresponding mutation in any Cas9 protein, such as any one of the Cas9 amino acid sequences as provided herein.
- the presence of the catalytic residue H840 restores the acvitity of the Cas9 to cleave the non-edited strand containing a G opposite the targeted C. Restoration of H840 does not result in the cleavage of the target strand containing the C.
- fusion proteins comprising (i) a Cas9 enzyme or domain (e.g., a first protein); and (ii) a nucleic acid-editing enzyme or domain (e.g., a second protein).
- the fusion proteins provided herein further include (iii) a programmable DNA-binding protein, for example, a zinc-finger domain, a TALE, or a second Cas9 protein (e.g., a third protein).
- fusing a programmable DNA-binding protein e.g., a second Cas9 protein
- a fusion protein comprising (i) a Cas9 enzyme or domain (e.g., a first protein); and (ii) a nucleic acid-editing enzyme or domain (e.g., a second protein)
- a programmable DNA-binding protein e.g., a second Cas9 protein
- a programmable DNA-binding protein e.g., a second Cas9 protein
- a fusion protein comprising (i) a Cas9 enzyme or domain (e.g., a first protein); and (ii) a nucleic acid-editing enzyme or domain (e.g., a second protein)
- NVG canonical PAM
- the third protein is a Cas9 protein (e.g, a second Cas9 protein).
- the third protein is any of the Cas9 proteins provided herein. In some embodiments, the third protein is fused to the fusion protein N-terminal to the Cas9 protein (e.g., the first protein). In some embodiments, the third protein is fused to the fusion protein C-terminal to the Cas9 protein (e.g., the first protein). In some embodiments, the Cas9 domain (e.g., the first protein) and the third protein (e.g., a second Cas9 protein) are fused via a linker (e.g., a second linker).
- a linker e.g., a second linker
- the linker comprises a (GGGGS) n (SEQ ID NO: 607), a (G) n (SEQ ID NO: 608), an (EAAAK) n (SEQ ID NO: 609), a (GGS) n (SEQ ID NO: 610), (SGGS) n (SEQ ID NO: 606), a SGSETPGTSESATPES (SEQ ID NO: 604), a SGGS(GGS) n (SEQ ID NO: 612), a SGGSSGGSSGSETPGTSESATPESSGGSSGGS (SEQ ID NO: 605), or an (XP) n (SEQ ID NO: 611) motif, or a combination of any of these, wherein n is independently an integer between 1 and 30.
- the general architecture of exemplary napDNAbp fusion proteins provided herein comprises the structure:
- the “]-[“used in the general architecture above indicates the presence of an optional linker sequence.
- the general architecture of exemplary NapDNAbp fusion proteins provided herein comprises the structure: [NH2]-[nucleic acid-editing enzyme or domain]-[NapDNAbp]-[second NapDNAbp protein]-[COOH]; [NH2]-[second NapDNAbp protein]-[NapDNAbp]-[nucleic acid-editing enzyme or domain]-[COOH]; [NH2]-[NapDNAbp]-[nucleic acid-editing enzyme or domain]-[second NapDNAbp protein]-[COOH]; [NH2]-[second NapDNAbp protein]-[nucleic acid-editing enzyme or domain]-[NapDNAbp]-[COOH]; [NH2]-[UGI]-[nucleic acid-editing enzyme or domain]-[NapDNAbp
- the “]-[” used in the general architecture above indicates the presence of an optional linker sequence.
- the second NapDNAbp is a dCas9 protein.
- the general architecture of exemplary Cas9 fusion proteins provided herein comprises a structure as shown in FIG. 3 . It should be appreciated that any of the proteins provided in any of the general architectures of exemplary Cas9 fusion proteins may be connected by one or more of the linkers provided herein. In some embodiments, the linkers are the same. In some embodiments, the linkers are different. In some embodiments, one or more of the proteins provided in any of the general architectures of exemplary Cas9 fusion proteins are not fused via a linker.
- the fusion proteins further comprise a nuclear targeting sequence, for example a nuclear localization sequence.
- fusion proteins provided herein further comprise a nuclear localization sequence (NLS).
- NLS nuclear localization sequence
- the NLS is fused to the N-terminus of the fusion protein.
- the NLS is fused to the C-terminus of the fusion protein.
- the NLS is fused to the N-terminus of the third protein.
- the NLS is fused to the C-terminus of the third protein.
- the NLS is fused to the N-terminus of the Cas9 protein.
- the NLS is fused to the C-terminus of the Cas9 protein.
- the NLS is fused to the N-terminus of the nucleic acid-editing enzyme or domain. In some embodiments, the NLS is fused to the C-terminus of the nucleic acid-editing enzyme or domain. In some embodiments, the NLS is fused to the N-terminus of the UGI protein. In some embodiments, the NLS is fused to the C-terminus of the UGI protein. In some embodiments, the NLS is fused to the fusion protein via one or more linkers. In some embodiments, the NLS is fused to the fusioin protein without a linker
- any of the fusion proteins provided herein that comprise a Cas9 domain may be further fused to a UGI domain either directly or via a linker.
- Some aspects of this disclosure provide deaminase-dCas9 fusion proteins, deaminase-nuclease active Cas9 fusion proteins and deaminase-Cas9 nickase fusion proteins with increased nucleobase editing efficiency.
- U:G heteroduplex DNA may be responsible for the decrease in nucleobase editing efficiency in cells.
- UDG uracil DNA glycosylase
- Uracil DNA Glycosylase Inhibitor may inhibit human UDG activity.
- this disclosure contemplates a fusion protein comprising dCas9-nucleic acid editing domain further fused to a UGI domain.
- fusion protein comprising a Cas9 nickase-nucleic acid editing domain further fused to a UGI domain.
- a UGI domain may increase the editing efficiency of a nucleic acid editing domain that is capable of catalyzing a C to U change.
- fusion proteins comprising a UGI domain may be more efficient in deaminating C residues.
- the fusion protein comprises the structure:
- the fusion protein comprises the structure:
- any of the fusion proteins described above may be comprised of (i) a nucleic acid programmable DNA binding protein (napDNAbp); (ii) a cytidine deaminase domain; and (iii) two or more UGI domains, wherein the two or more UGI domains may be adjacent (e.g., [first UGI]-[second UGI], wherein “-” is an optional linker) to one another in the construct, or the two or more UGI domains may be separated by the napDNAbp of (i) and/or the cytidine deaminase domain of (ii) (e.g., [first UGI]-[deaminase]-[second UGI], [first UGI]-[napDNAbp]-[second UGI], [first UGI]-[deaminase]-[napDNAbp]-[second UGI], ect., wherein “-” is an optional link
- the fusion protein comprises: (i) a Cas9 enzyme or domain; (ii) a nucleic acid-editing enzyme or domain (e.g., a second protein) (e.g., a cytidine deaminase domain); (iii) a first uracil glycosylase inhibitor domain (UGI) (e.g., a third protein); and (iv) a second uracil glycosylase inhibitor domain (UGI) (e.g., a fourth protein).
- the first and second uracil glycosylase inhibitor domains (UGIs) may be the same or different.
- the Cas9 domain (e.g., the first protein) and the deaminase (e.g., the second protein) are fused via a linker. In some embodiments, the Cas9 domain is fused to the C-terminus of the deaminase. In some embodiments, the Cas9 protein (e.g., the first protein) and the first UGI domain (e.g., the third protein) are fused via a linker (e.g., a second linker). In some embodiments, the first UGI domain is fused to the C-terminus of the Cas9 protein.
- the first UGI domain (e.g., the third protein) and the second UGI domain (e.g., the forth protein) are fused via a linker (e.g., a third linker).
- the second UGI domain is fused to the C-terminus of the first UGI domain.
- the linker comprises a (GGGGS) n (SEQ ID NO: 607), a (G) n (SEQ ID NO: 608), an (EAAAK) n (SEQ ID NO: 609), a (GGS) n (SEQ ID NO: 610), (SGGS) n (SEQ ID NO: 606), a SGSETPGTSESATPES (SEQ ID NO: 604), a SGGS(GGS) n (SEQ ID NO: 612), a SGGSSGGSSGSETPGTSESATPESSGGSSGGS (SEQ ID NO: 605), or an (XP) n (SEQ ID NO: 611) motif, or a combination of any of these, wherein n is independently an integer between 1 and 30.
- the first linker comprises an amino acid sequence of 1-50 amino acids. In some embodiments, the first linker comprises an amino acid sequence of 1-40 amino acids. In some embodiments, the first linker comprises an amino acid sequence of 1-35 amino acids. In some embodiments, the first linker comprises an amino acid sequence of 1-30 amino acids. In some embodiments, the first linker comprises an amino acid sequence of 1-20 amino acids. In some embodiments, the first linker comprises an amino acid sequence of 10-20 amino acids. In some embodiments, the first linker comprises an amino acid sequence of 30-40 amino acids. In some embodiments, the first linker comprises an amino acid sequence of 14, 16, or 18 amino acids. In some embodiments, the first linker comprises an amino acid sequence of 16 amino acids.
- the first linker comprises an amino acid sequence of 30, 32, or 34 amino acids. In some embodiments, the first linker comprises an amino acid sequence of 32 amino acids. In some embodiments, the first linker comprises a SGSETPGTSESATPES (SEQ ID NO: 604) motif. In some embodiments, the first linker comprises a SGGSSGGSSGSETPGTSESATPESSGGSSGGS (SEQ ID NO: 605) motif. In some embodiments, the second linker comprises comprises an amino acid sequence of 1-50 amino acids. In some embodiments, the second linker comprises an amino acid sequence of 1-40 amino acids. In some embodiments, the second linker comprises an amino acid sequence of 1-35 amino acids. In some embodiments, the second linker comprises an amino acid sequence of 1-30 amino acids.
- the second linker comprises an amino acid sequence of 1-20 amino acids. In some embodiments, the second linker comprises an amino acid sequence of 2-20 amino acids. In some embodiments, the second linker comprises an amino acid sequence of 2-10 amino acids. In some embodiments, the second linker comprises an amino acid sequence of 10-20 amino acids. In some embodiments, the second linker comprises an amino acid sequence of 2, 4, or 6 amino acids. In some embodiments, the second linker comprises an amino acid sequence of 7, 9, or 11 amino acids. In some embodiments, the second linker comprises an amino acid sequence of 14, 16, or 18 amino acids. In some embodiments, the second linker comprises an amino acid sequence of 4 amino acids. In some embodiments, the second linker comprises an amino acid sequence of 9 amino acids.
- the second linker comprises an amino acid sequence of 16 amino acids. In some embodiments, the second linker comprises a (SGGS) n (SEQ ID NO: 606) motif, wherein n is an integer between 1 and 30, inclusive. In some embodiments, the second linker comprises a (SGGS) n (SEQ ID NO: 606) motif, wherein n is 1. In some embodiments, the second linker comprises a SGGS(GGS) n (SEQ ID NO: 612) motif, wherein n is an integer between 1 and 30, inclusive. In some embodiments, the second linker comprises a SGGS(GGS) n (SEQ ID NO: 612) motif, wherein n is 2.
- the third linker comprises comprises an amino acid sequence of 1-50 amino acids. In some embodiments, the third linker comprises an amino acid sequence of 1-40 amino acids. In some embodiments, the third linker comprises an amino acid sequence of 1-35 amino acids. In some embodiments, the third linker comprises an amino acid sequence of 1-30 amino acids. In some embodiments, the third linker comprises an amino acid sequence of 1-20 amino acids. In some embodiments, the third linker comprises an amino acid sequence of 2-20 amino acids. In some embodiments, the third linker comprises an amino acid sequence of 2-10 amino acids. In some embodiments, the third linker comprises an amino acid sequence of 10-20 amino acids. In some embodiments, the third linker comprises an amino acid sequence of 2, 4, or 6 amino acids.
- the third linker comprises an amino acid sequence of 7, 9, or 11 amino acids. In some embodiments, the third linker comprises an amino acid sequence of 14, 16, or 18 amino acids. In some embodiments, the third linker comprises an amino acid sequence of 4 amino acids. In some embodiments, the third linker comprises an amino acid sequence of 9 amino acids. In some embodiments, the third linker comprises an amino acid sequence of 16 amino acids. In some embodiments, the third linker comprises a (SGGS) n (SEQ ID NO: 606) motif, wherein n is an integer between 1 and 30, inclusive. In some embodiments, the third linker comprises a (SGGS) n (SEQ ID NO: 606) motif, wherein n is 1.
- the third linker comprises a SGGS(GGS) n (SEQ ID NO: 612)motif, wherein n is an integer between 1 and 30, inclusive. In some embodiments, the third linker comprises a SGGS(GGS) n (SEQ ID NO: 612) motif, wherein n is 2.
- the fusion protein comprises the structure:
- the fusion protein comprises: (i) a Cas9 enzyme or domain; (ii) a nucleic acid-editing enzyme or domain (e.g., a second protein) (e.g., a cytidine deaminase domain); (iii) more than two uracil glycosylase inhibitor (UGI) domains.
- the fusion proteins provided herein do not comprise a linker sequence. In some embodiments, one or both of the optional linker sequences are present. In some embodiments, one, two, or three of the optional linker sequences are present.
- the “-” used in the general architecture above indicates the presence of an optional linker sequence.
- the fusion proteins comprising a UGI further comprise a nuclear targeting sequence, for example a nuclear localization sequence.
- fusion proteins provided herein further comprise a nuclear localization sequence (NLS).
- NLS nuclear localization sequence
- the NLS is fused to the N-terminus of the fusion protein.
- the NLS is fused to the C-terminus of the fusion protein.
- the NLS is fused to the N-terminus of the UGI protein.
- the NLS is fused to the C-terminus of the UGI protein.
- the NLS is fused to the N-terminus of the Cas9 protein. In some embodiments, the NLS is fused to the C-terminus of the Cas9 protein. In some embodiments, the NLS is fused to the N-terminus of the deaminase. In some embodiments, the NLS is fused to the C-terminus of the deaminase. In some embodiments, the NLS is fused to the N-terminus of the second Cas9. In some embodiments, the NLS is fused to the C-terminus of the second Cas9. In some embodiments, the NLS is fused to the fusion protein via one or more linkers.
- the NLS is fused to the fusioin protein without a linker.
- the NLS comprises an amino acid sequence of any one of the NLS sequences provided or referenced herein.
- the NLS comprises an amino acid sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 614 or SEQ ID NO: 615.
- a UGI domain comprises a wild-type UGI or a UGI as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 134.
- the UGI proteins provided herein include fragments of UGI and proteins homologous to a UGI or a UGI fragment.
- a UGI domain comprises a fragment of the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 134.
- a UGI fragment comprises an amino acid sequence that comprises at least 60%, at least 65%, at least 70%, at least 75%, at least 80%, at least 85%, at least 90%, at least 95%, at least 96%, at least 97%, at least 98%, at least 99%, or at least 99.5% of the amino acid sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 134.
- a UGI comprises an amino acid sequence homologous to the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 134 or an amino acid sequence homologous to a fragment of the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 134.
- proteins comprising UGI or fragments of UGI or homologs of UGI or UGI fragments are referred to as “UGI variants.”
- a UGI variant shares homology to UGI, or a fragment thereof.
- a UGI variant is at least 70% identical, at least 75% identical, at least 80% identical, at least 85% identical, at least 90% identical, at least 95% identical, at least 96% identical, at least 97% identical, at least 98% identical, at least 99% identical, at least 99.5% identical, or at least 99.9% identical to a wild type UGI or a UGI as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 134.
- the UGI variant comprises a fragment of UGI, such that the fragment is at least 70% identical, at least 80% identical, at least 90% identical, at least 95% identical, at least 96% identical, at least 97% identical, at least 98% identical, at least 99% identical, at least 99.5% identical, or at least 99.9% to the corresponding fragment of wild-type UGI or a UGI as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 134.
- the UGI comprises the following amino acid sequence:
- UGI protein and nucleotide sequences are provided herein and additional suitable UGI sequences are known to those in the art, and include, for example, those published in Wang et al., Uracil-DNA glycosylase inhibitor gene of bacteriophage PBS2 encodes a binding protein specific for uracil-DNA glycosylase. J. Biol. Chem. 264:1163-1171(1989); Lundquist et al., Site-directed mutagenesis and characterization of uracil-DNA glycosylase inhibitor protein. Role of specific carboxylic amino acids in complex formation with Escherichia coli uracil-DNA glycosylase. J. Biol. Chem.
- additional proteins may be uracil glycosylase inhibitors.
- other proteins that are capable of inhibiting (e.g., sterically blocking) a uracil-DNA glycosylase base-excision repair enzyme are within the scope of this disclosure.
- the fusion proteins described herein comprise one UGI domain. In some embodiments, the fusion proteins described herein comprise more than one UGI domain. In some embodiments, the fusion proteins described herein comprise two UGI domains. In some embodiments, the fusion proteins described herein comprise more than two UGI domains. In some embodiments, a protein that binds DNA is used.
- a substitute for UGI is used.
- a uracil glycosylase inhibitor is a protein that binds single-stranded DNA.
- a uracil glycosylase inhibitor may be a Erwinia tasmaniensis single-stranded binding protein.
- the single-stranded binding protein comprises the amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO: 135).
- a uracil glycosylase inhibitor is a protein that binds uracil.
- a uracil glycosylase inhibitor is a protein that binds uracil in DNA.
- a uracil glycosylase inhibitor is a catalytically inactive uracil DNA-glycosylase protein. In some embodiments, a uracil glycosylase inhibitor is a catalytically inactive uracil DNA-glycosylase protein that does not excise uracil from the DNA.
- a uracil glycosylase inhibitor is a UdgX. In some embodiments, the UdgX comprises the amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO: 136).
- a uracil glycosylase inhibitor is a catalytically inactive UDG. In some embodiments, a catalytically inactive UDG comprises the amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO: 137).
- a uracil glycosylase inhibitor is a protein that is homologous to any one of SEQ ID NOs: 135-137 or 143-148.
- a uracil glycosylase inhibitor is a protein that is at least 50% identical, at least 55% identical at least 60% identical, at least 65% identical, at least 70% identical, at least 75% identical, at least 80% identical at least 85% identical, at least 90% identical, at least 95% identical, at least 96% identical, at least 98% identical, at least 99% identical, or at least 99.5% identical to any one of SEQ ID NOs: 135-137 or 143-148.
- Erwinia tasmaniensis SSB themostable single-stranded DNA binding protein
- ssbA single-stranded DNA-binding protein [ Bacillus subtilis subsp. subtilis str. 168] (UniProtKB: P37455; NCBI Ref:)
- the nucleic acid editing domain is a deaminase domain.
- the deaminase is a cytosine deaminase or a cytidine deaminase.
- the deaminase is an apolipoprotein B mRNA-editing complex (APOBEC) family deaminase.
- APOBEC apolipoprotein B mRNA-editing complex
- the deaminase is an APOBEC1 deaminase.
- the deaminase is an APOBEC2 deaminase.
- the deaminase is an APOBEC3 deaminase.
- the deaminase is an APOBEC3A deaminase. In some embodiments, the deaminase is an APOBEC3B deaminase. In some embodiments, the deaminase is an APOBEC3C deaminase. In some embodiments, the deaminase is an APOBEC3D deaminase. In some embodiments, the deaminase is an APOBEC3E deaminase. In some embodiments, the deaminase is an APOBEC3F deaminase. In some embodiments, the deaminase is an APOBEC3G deaminase.
- the deaminase is an APOBEC3H deaminase. In some embodiments, the deaminase is an APOBEC4 deaminase. In some embodiments, the deaminase is an activation-induced deaminase (AID). In some embodiments, the demianse is a rat APOBEC1 (SEQ ID NO: 74). In some embodiments, the deminase is a human APOBEC1 (SEQ ID No: 76). In some embodiments, the deaminase is a Petromyzon marinus cytidine deaminase 1 (pmCDA1).
- MPCDA1 Petromyzon marinus cytidine deaminase 1
- the deminase is a human APOBEC3G (SEQ ID NO: 60). In some embodiments, the deaminase is a fragment of the human APOBEC3G (SEQ ID NO: 83). In some embodiments, the deaminase is a human APOBEC3G variant comprising a D316R_D317R mutation (SEQ ID NO: 82). In some embodiments, the deaminase is a thalment of the human APOBEC3G and comprising mutations corresponding to the D316R_D317R mutations in SEQ ID NO: 60 (SEQ ID NO: 84).
- the linker comprises a (GGGS) n (SEQ ID NO: 613), (GGGGS) n (SEQ ID NO: 607), a (G) n (SEQ ID NO: 608), an (EAAAK) n (SEQ ID NO: 609), a (GGS) n (SEQ ID NO: 610), an SGSETPGTSESATPES (SEQ ID NO: 604), or an (XP) n (SEQ ID NO: 611) motif, or a combination of any of these, wherein n is independently an integer between 1 and 30.
- UGI protein and nucleotide sequences are provided herein and additional suitable UGI sequences are known to those in the art, and include, for example, those published in Wang et al., Uracil-DNA glycosylase inhibitor gene of bacteriophage PBS2 encodes a binding protein specific for uracil-DNA glycosylase. J. Biol. Chem. 264:1163-1171(1989); Lundquist et al., Site-directed mutagenesis and characterization of uracil-DNA glycosylase inhibitor protein. Role of specific carboxylic amino acids in complex formation with Escherichia coli uracil-DNA glycosylase. J. Biol. Chem.
- the optional linker comprises a (GGS) n (SEQ ID NO: 610) motif, wherein n is 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 19, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, or 20. In some embodiments, the optional linker comprises a (GGS) n (SEQ ID NO: 610) motif, wherein n is 1, 3, or 7. In some embodiments, the optional linker comprises the amino acid sequence SGSETPGTSESATPES (SEQ ID NO: 604), which is also referred to as the XTEN linker in the Examples.
- a Cas9 nickase may further facilitate the removal of a base on the non-edited strand in an organism whose genome is edited in vivo.
- the Cas9 nickase as described herein, may comprise a D10A mutation in SEQ ID NO: 6, or a corresponding mutation in any Cas9 protein, such as any one of the Cas9 amino acid sequences as provided herein.
- the Cas9 nickase of this disclosure may comprise a histidine at mutation 840 of SEQ ID NO: 6, or a corresponding residue in any Cas9 protein, such as any one of the Cas9 amino acid sequences as provided herein.
- Such fusion proteins comprising the Cas9 nickase, can cleave a single strand of the target DNA sequence, e.g., the strand that is not being edited. Without wishing to be bound by any particular theory, this cleavage may inhibit mis-match repair mechanisms that reverse a C to U edit made by the deaminase.
- Some aspects of this disclosure provide complexes comprising any of the fusion proteins provided herein, and a guide RNA bound to a Cas9 domain (e.g., a dCas9, a nuclease active Cas9, or a Cas9 nickase) of fusion protein.
- a Cas9 domain e.g., a dCas9, a nuclease active Cas9, or a Cas9 nickase
- the guide RNA is from 15-100 nucleotides long and comprises a sequence of at least 10 contiguous nucleotides that is complementary to a target sequence. In some embodiments, the guide RNA is 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, or 50 nucleotides long. In some embodiments, the guide RNA comprises a sequence of 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, or 40 contiguous nucleotides that is complementary to a target sequence.
- the target sequence is a DNA sequence. In some embodiments, the target sequence is a sequence in the genome of a mammal. In some embodiments, the target sequence is a sequence in the genome of a human. In some embodiments, the 3′ end of the target sequence is immediately adjacent to a canonical PAM sequence (NGG). In some embodiments, the guide RNA is complementary to a sequence associated with a disease or disorder.
- Some aspects of this disclosure provide methods of using the Cas9 proteins, fusion proteins, or complexes provided herein. For example, some aspects of this disclosure provide methods comprising contacting a DNA molecule (a) with any of the the Cas9 proteins or fusion proteins provided herein, and with at least one guide RNA, wherein the guide RNA is about 15-100 nucleotides long and comprises a sequence of at least 10 contiguous nucleotides that is complementary to a target sequence; or (b) with a Cas9 protein, a Cas9 fusion protein, or a Cas9 protein or fusion protein complex with at least one gRNA as provided herein.
- the 3′ end of the target sequence is not immediately adjacent to a canonical PAM sequence (NGG). In some embodiments, the 3′ end of the target sequence is immediately adjacent to an AGC, GAG, TTT, GTG, or CAA sequence.
- the target DNA sequence comprises a sequence associated with a disease or disorder. In some embodiments, the target DNA sequence comprises a point mutation associated with a disease or disorder. In some embodiments, the activity of the Cas9 protein, the Cas9 fusion protein, or the complex results in a correction of the point mutation. In some embodiments, the target DNA sequence comprises a T ⁇ C point mutation associated with a disease or disorder, and wherein the deamination of the mutant C base results in a sequence that is not associated with a disease or disorder. In some embodiments, the target DNA sequence encodes a protein and wherein the point mutation is in a codon and results in a change in the amino acid encoded by the mutant codon as compared to the wild-type codon.
- the deamination of the mutant C results in a change of the amino acid encoded by the mutant codon. In some embodiments, the deamination of the mutant C results in the codon encoding the wild-type amino acid. In some embodiments, the contacting is in vivo in a subject. In some embodiments, the subject has or has been diagnosed with a disease or disorder.
- the disease or disorder is cystic fibrosis, phenylketonuria, epidermolytic hyperkeratosis (EHK), Charcot-Marie-Toot disease type 4J, neuroblastoma (NB), von Willebrand disease (vWD), myotonia congenital, hereditary renal amyloidosis, dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM), hereditary lymphedema, familial Alzheimer's disease, HIV, Prion disease, chronic infantile neurologic cutaneous articular syndrome (CINCA), desmin-related myopathy (DRM), a neoplastic disease associated with a mutant PI3KCA protein, a mutant CTNNB1 protein, a mutant HRAS protein, or a mutant p53 protein.
- EHK epidermolytic hyperkeratosis
- NB neuroblastoma
- vWD von Willebrand disease
- DCM dilated cardiomyopathy
- CINCA chronic infantile neurologic cutaneous articular syndrome
- DRM des
- the fusion protein is used to introduce a point mutation into a nucleic acid by deaminating a target nucleobase, e.g., a C residue.
- the deamination of the target nucleobase results in the correction of a genetic defect, e.g., in the correction of a point mutation that leads to a loss of function in a gene product.
- the genetic defect is associated with a disease or disorder, e.g., a lysosomal storage disorder or a metabolic disease, such as, for example, type I diabetes.
- the methods provided herein are used to introduce a deactivating point mutation into a gene or allele that encodes a gene product that is associated with a disease or disorder.
- methods are provided herein that employ a Cas9 DNA editing fusion protein to introduce a deactivating point mutation into an oncogene (e.g., in the treatment of a proliferative disease).
- a deactivating mutation may, in some embodiments, generate a premature stop codon in a coding sequence, which results in the expression of a truncated gene product, e.g., a truncated protein lacking the function of the full-length protein.
- the purpose of the methods provide herein is to restore the function of a dysfunctional gene via genome editing.
- the Cas9 deaminase fusion proteins provided herein can be validated for gene editing-based human therapeutics in vitro, e.g., by correcting a disease-associated mutation in human cell culture. It will be understood by the skilled artisan that the fusion proteins provided herein, e.g., the fusion proteins comprising a Cas9 domain and a nucleic acid deaminase domain can be used to correct any single point T->C or A->G mutation. In the first case, deamination of the mutant C back to U corrects the mutation, and in the latter case, deamination of the C that is base-paired with the mutant G, followed by a round of replication, corrects the mutation.
- An exemplary disease-relevant mutation that can be corrected by the provided fusion proteins in vitro or in vivo is the H1047R (A3140G) polymorphism in the PI3KCA protein.
- the phosphoinositide-3-kinase, catalytic alpha subunit (PI3KCA) protein acts to phosphorylate the 3-OH group of the inositol ring of phosphatidylinositol.
- the PI3KCA gene has been found to be mutated in many different carcinomas, and thus it is considered to be a potent oncogene.
- the A3140G mutation is present in several NCI-60 cancer cell lines, such as, for example, the HCT116, SKOV3, and T47D cell lines, which are readily available from the American Type Culture Collection (ATCC). 38
- a cell carrying a mutation to be corrected e.g., a cell carrying a point mutation, e.g., an A3140G point mutation in exon 20 of the PI3KCA gene, resulting in a H1047R substitution in the PI3KCA protein
- an expression construct encoding a Cas9 deaminase fusion protein and an appropriately designed sgRNA targeting the fusion protein to the respective mutation site in the encoding PI3KCA gene.
- Control experiments can be performed where the sgRNAs are designed to target the fusion enzymes to non-C residues that are within the PI3KCA gene.
- Genomic DNA of the treated cells can be extracted, and the relevant sequence of the PI3KCA genes PCR amplified and sequenced to assess the activities of the fusion proteins in human cell culture.
- a method comprises administering to a subject having such a disease, e.g., a cancer associated with a PI3KCA point mutation as described above, an effective amount of a Cas9 deaminase fusion protein that corrects the point mutation or introduces a deactivating mutation into the disease-associated gene.
- the disease is a proliferative disease.
- the disease is a genetic disease.
- the disease is a neoplastic disease.
- the disease is a metabolic disease. In some embodiments, the disease is a lysosomal storage disease. Other diseases that can be treated by correcting a point mutation or introducing a deactivating mutation into a disease-associated gene will be known to those of skill in the art, and the disclosure is not limited in this respect.
- the instant disclosure provides methods for the treatment of additional diseases or disorders, e.g., diseases or disorders that are associated or caused by a point mutation that can be corrected by deaminase-mediated gene editing.
- additional diseases e.g., diseases or disorders that are associated or caused by a point mutation that can be corrected by deaminase-mediated gene editing.
- additional suitable diseases that can be treated with the strategies and fusion proteins provided herein will be apparent to those of skill in the art based on the instant disclosure.
- Exemplary suitable diseases and disorders are listed below. It will be understood that the numbering of the specific positions or residues in the respective sequences depends on the particular protein and numbering scheme used. Numbering might be different, e.g., in precursors of a mature protein and the mature protein itself, and differences in sequences from species to species may affect numbering.
- Suitable diseases and disorders include, without limitation, cystic fibrosis (see, e.g., Schwank et al., Functional repair of CFTR by CRISPR/Cas9 in intestinal stem cell organoids of cystic fibrosis patients. Cell stem cell. 2013; 13: 653-658; and Wu et. al., Correction of a genetic disease in mouse via use of CRISPR-Cas9 . Cell stem cell.
- phenylketonuria e.g., phenylalanine to serine mutation at position 835 (mouse) or 240 (human) or a homologous residue in phenylalanine hydroxylase gene (T>C mutation)—see, e.g., McDonald et al., Genomics.
- BSS Bernard-Soulier syndrome
- phenylalanine to serine mutation at position 55 or a homologous residue, or cysteine to arginine at residue 24 or a homologous residue in the platelet membrane glycoprotein IX (T>C mutation) see, e.g., Noris et al., British Journal of Haematology. 1997; 97: 312-320, and Ali et al., Hematol.
- EHK epidermolytic hyperkeratosis
- COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- von Willebrand disease e.g., cysteine to arginine mutation at position 509 or a homologous residue in the processed form of von Willebrand factor, or at position 1272 or a homologous residue in the unprocessed form of von Willebrand factor (T>C mutation)—see, e.g., Lavergne et al., Br. J. Haematol.
- hereditary renal amyloidosis e.g., stop codon to arginine mutation at position 78 or a homologous residue in the processed form of apolipoprotein AII or at position 101 or a homologous residue in the unprocessed form (T>C mutation)—see, e.g., Yazaki et al., Kidney Int. 2003; 64: 11-16; dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM)—e.g., tryptophan to Arginine mutation at position 148 or a homologous residue in the FOXD4 gene (T>C mutation), see, e.g., Minoretti et. al., Int. J. of Mol. Med.
- DCM dilated cardiomyopathy
- hereditary lymphedema e.g., histidine to arginine mutation at position 1035 or a homologous residue in VEGFR3 tyrosine kinase (A>G mutation), see, e.g., Irrthum et al., Am. J. Hum. Genet. 2000; 67: 295-301; familial Alzheimer's disease—e.g., isoleucine to valine mutation at position 143 or a homologous residue in presenilinl (A>G mutation), see, e.g., Gallo et. al., J. Alzheimer's disease.
- hereditary lymphedema e.g., histidine to arginine mutation at position 1035 or a homologous residue in VEGFR3 tyrosine kinase (A>G mutation)
- familial Alzheimer's disease e.g., isoleucine to valine mutation at position 143 or a homologous residue in presenil
- Prion disease e.g., methionine to valine mutation at position 129 or a homologous residue in prion protein (A>G mutation)—see, e.g., Lewis et. al., J. of General Virology. 2006; 87: 2443-2449; chronic infantile neurologic cutaneous articular syndrome (CINCA)—e.g., Tyrosine to Cysteine mutation at position 570 or a homologous residue in cryopyrin (A>G mutation)—see, e.g., Fujisawa et. al. Blood.
- CINCA chronic infantile neurologic cutaneous articular syndrome
- DRM desmin-related myopathy
- a target site e.g., a site comprising a point mutation to be edited
- a guide RNA typically comprises a tracrRNA framework allowing for Cas9 binding, and a guide sequence, which confers sequence specificity to the Cas9:nucleic acid editing enzyme/domain fusion protein.
- the guide RNA comprises a structure 5′-[guide sequence]-guuuuagagcuagaaauagcaaguuaaaauaaggcuaguccguuaucaacuugaaaaaguggcaccgagucggugcuuuuu u-3′ (SEQ ID NO: 618), wherein the guide sequence comprises a sequence that is complementary to the target sequence.
- the guide sequence is typically 20 nucleotides long.
- Such suitable guide RNA sequences typically comprise guide sequences that are complementary to a nucleic sequence within 50 nucleotides upstream or downstream of the target nucleotide to be edited.
- guide RNA sequences suitable for targeting Cas9:nucleic acid editing enzyme/domain fusion proteins to specific target sequences are provided below.
- any of the base editors provided herein are capable of modifying a specific nucleotide base without generating a significant proportion of indels.
- An “indel”, as used herein, refers to the insertion or deletion of a nucleotide base within a nucleic acid. Such insertions or deletions can lead to frame shift mutations within a coding region of a gene.
- any of the base editors provided herein are capable of generating a greater proportion of intended modifications (e.g., point mutations or deaminations) versus indels. In some embodiments, the base editors provided herein are capable of generating a ratio of intended point mutations to indels that is greater than 1:1.
- the base editors provided herein are capable of generating a ratio of intended point mutations to indels that is at least 1.5:1, at least 2:1, at least 2.5:1, at least 3:1, at least 3.5:1, at least 4:1, at least 4.5:1, at least 5:1, at least 5.5:1, at least 6:1, at least 6.5:1, at least 7:1, at least 7.5:1, at least 8:1, at least 10:1, at least 12:1, at least 15:1, at least 20:1, at least 25:1, at least 30:1, at least 40:1, at least 50:1, at least 100:1, at least 200:1, at least 300:1, at least 400:1, at least 500:1, at least 600:1, at least 700:1, at least 800:1, at least 900:1, or at least 1000:1, or more.
- the number of intended mutations and indels may be determined using any suitable method, for example the methods used in the below Examples.
- the base editors provided herein are capable of limiting formation of indels in a region of a nucleic acid.
- the region is at a nucleotide targeted by a base editor or a region within 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, or 10 nucleotides of a nucleotide targeted by a base editor.
- any of the base editors provided herein are capable of limiting the formation of indels at a region of a nucleic acid to less than 1%, less than 1.5%, less than 2%, less than 2.5%, less than 3%, less than 3.5%, less than 4%, less than 4.5%, less than 5%, less than 6%, less than 7%, less than 8%, less than 9%, less than 10%, less than 12%, less than 15%, or less than 20%.
- the number of indels formed at a nucleic acid region may depend on the amount of time a nucleic acid (e.g., a nucleic acid within the genome of a cell) is exposed to a base editor.
- an number or proportion of indels is determined after at least 1 hour, at least 2 hours, at least 6 hours, at least 12 hours, at least 24 hours, at least 36 hours, at least 48 hours, at least 3 days, at least 4 days, at least 5 days, at least 7 days, at least 10 days, or at least 14 days of exposing a nucleic acid (e.g., a nucleic acid within the genome of a cell) to a base editor.
- a nucleic acid e.g., a nucleic acid within the genome of a cell
- a intended mutation is a mutation that is generated by a specific base editor bound to a gRNA, specifically designed to generate the intended mutation.
- the intended mutation is a mutation associated with a disease or disorder.
- the intended mutation is a cytosine (C) to thymine (T) point mutation associated with a disease or disorder.
- the intended mutation is a guanine (G) to adenine (A) point mutation associated with a disease or disorder.
- the intended mutation is a cytosine (C) to thymine (T) point mutation within the coding region of a gene.
- the intended mutation is a guanine (G) to adenine (A) point mutation within the coding region of a gene.
- the intended mutation is a point mutation that generates a stop codon, for example, a premature stop codon within the coding region of a gene.
- the intended mutation is a mutation that eliminates a stop codon.
- the intended mutation is a mutation that alters the splicing of a gene. In some embodiments, the intended mutation is a mutation that alters the regulatory sequence of a gene (e.g., a gene promotor or gene repressor). In some embodiments, any of the base editors provided herein are capable of generating a ratio of intended mutations to unintended mutations (e.g., intended point mutations:unintended point mutations) that is greater than 1:1.
- any of the base editors provided herein are capable of generating a ratio of intended mutations to unintended mutations (e.g., intended point mutations:unintended point mutations) that is at least 1.5:1, at least 2:1, at least 2.5:1, at least 3:1, at least 3.5:1, at least 4:1, at least 4.5:1, at least 5:1, at least 5.5:1, at least 6:1, at least 6.5:1, at least 7:1, at least 7.5:1, at least 8:1, at least 10:1, at least 12:1, at least 15:1, at least 20:1, at least 25:1, at least 30:1, at least 40:1, at least 50:1, at least 100:1, at least 150:1, at least 200:1, at least 250:1, at least 500:1, or at least 1000:1, or more.
- the characterstics of the base editors described in the “Base Editor Efficiency” section, herein may be applied to any of the fusion proteins, or methods of using the fusion proteins provided herein.
- the method is a method for editing a nucleobase of a nucleic acid (e.g., a base pair of a double-stranded DNA sequence).
- the method comprises the steps of: a) contacting a target region of a nucleic acid (e.g., a double-stranded DNA sequence) with a complex comprising a base editor (e.g., a Cas9 domain fused to a cytidine deaminase domain) and a guide nucleic acid (e.g., gRNA), wherein the target region comprises a targeted nucleobase pair, b) inducing strand separation of said target region, c) converting a first nucleobase of said target nucleobase pair in a single strand of the target region to a second nucleobase, and d) cutting no more than one strand of said target region, where a third nucle
- the first nucleobase is a cytosine.
- the second nucleobase is a deaminated cytosine, or a uracil.
- the third nucleobase is a guanine.
- the fourth nucleobase is an adenine.
- the first nucleobase is a cytosine
- the second nucleobase is a deaminated cytosine, or a uracil
- the third nucleobase is a guanine
- the fourth nucleobase is an adenine.
- the method results in less than 19%, 18%, 16%, 14%, 12%, 10%, 8%, 6%, 4%, 2%, 1%, 0.5%, 0.2%, or less than 0.1% indel formation.
- the method further comprises replacing the second nucleobase with a fifth nucleobase that is complementary to the fourth nucleobase, thereby generating an intended edited base pair (e.g., C:G->T:A).
- the fifth nucleobase is a thymine.
- at least 5% of the intended basepaires are edited.
- at least 10%, 15%, 20%, 25%, 30%, 35%, 40%, 45%, or 50% of the intended basepaires are edited.
- the ratio of intended products to unintended products in the target nucleotide is at least 2:1, 5:1, 10:1, 20:1, 30:1, 40:1, 50:1, 60:1, 70:1, 80:1, 90:1, 100:1, or 200:1, or more. In some embodiments, the ratio of intended point mutation to indel formation is greater than 1:1, 10:1, 50:1, 100:1, 500:1, or 1000:1, or more.
- the cut single strand (nicked strand) is hybridized to the guide nucleic acid. In some embodiments, the cut single strand is opposite to the strand comprising the first nucleobase. In some embodiments, the base editor comprises a Cas9 domain.
- the first base is cytosine
- the second base is not a G, C, A, or T.
- the second base is uracil.
- the first base is cytosine.
- the second base is not a G, C, A, or T.
- the second base is uracil.
- the base editor inhibits base escision repair of the edited strand.
- the base editor protects or binds the non-edited strand.
- the base editor comprises UGI activity.
- the base editor comprises nickase activity.
- the intended edited basepair is upstream of a PAM site.
- the intended edited base pair is 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, or 20 nucleotides upstream of the PAM site.
- the intended edited basepair is downstream of a PAM site.
- the intended edited base pair is 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, or 20 nucleotides downstream stream of the PAM site.
- the method does not require a canonical (e.g., NGG) PAM site.
- the nucleobase editor comprises a linker.
- the linker is 1-25 amino acids in length. In some embodiments, the linker is 5-20 amino acids in length.
- linker is 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, or 20 amino acids in length.
- the target region comprises a target window, wherein the target window comprises the target nucleobase pair.
- the target window comprises 1-10 nucleotides.
- the target window is 1-9, 1-8, 1-7, 1-6, 1-5, 1-4, 1-3, 1-2, or 1 nucleotides in length.
- the target window is 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, or 20 nucleotides in length.
- the intended edited base pair is within the target window.
- the target window comprises the intended edited base pair.
- the method is performed using any of the base editors provided herein.
- a target windo is a deamination window
- the disclosure provides methods for editing a nucleotide.
- the disclosure provides a method for editing a nucleobase pair of a double-stranded DNA sequence.
- the method comprises a) contacting a target region of the double-stranded DNA sequence with a complex comprising a base editor and a guide nucleic acid (e.g., gRNA), where the target region comprises a target nucleobase pair, b) inducing strand separation of said target region, c) converting a first nucleobase of said target nucleobase pair in a single strand of the target region to a second nucleobase, d) cutting no more than one strand of said target region, wherein a third nucleobase complementary to the first nucleobase base is replaced by a fourth nucleobase complementary to the second nucleobase, and the second nucleobase is replaced with a fifth nucleobase that is complementary to the fourth nucleobase, thereby generating
- gRNA guide nucleic acid
- step b is omitted.
- at least 5% of the intended basepaires are edited.
- at least 10%, 15%, 20%, 25%, 30%, 35%, 40%, 45%, or 50% of the intended basepaires are edited.
- the method causes less than 19%, 18%, 16%, 14%, 12%, 10%, 8%, 6%, 4%, 2%, 1%, 0.5%, 0.2%, or less than 0.1% indel formation.
- the ratio of intended product to unintended products at the target nucleotide is at least 2:1, 5:1, 10:1, 20:1, 30:1, 40:1, 50:1, 60:1, 70:1, 80:1, 90:1, 100:1, or 200:1, or more. In some embodiments, the ratio of intended point mutation to indel formation is greater than 1:1, 10:1, 50:1, 100:1, 500:1, or 1000:1, or more.
- the cut single strand is hybridized to the guide nucleic acid. In some embodiments, the cut single strand is opposite to the strand comprising the first nucleobase. In some embodiments, the first base is cytosine. In some embodiments, the second nucleobase is not G, C, A, or T.
- the second base is uracil.
- the base editor inhibits base escision repair of the edited strand.
- the base editor protects or binds the non-edited strand.
- the nucleobase editor comprises UGI activity.
- the nucleobase edit comprises nickase activity.
- the intended edited basepair is upstream of a PAM site.
- the intended edited base pair is 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, or 20 nucleotides upstream of the PAM site.
- the intended edited basepair is downstream of a PAM site.
- the intended edited base pair is 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, or 20 nucleotides downstream stream of the PAM site.
- the method does not require a canonical (e.g., NGG) PAM site.
- the nucleobase editor comprises a linker.
- the linker is 1-25 amino acids in length.
- the linker is 5-20 amino acids in length.
- the linker is 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, or 20 amino acids in length.
- the target region comprises a target window, wherein the target window comprises the target nucleobase pair.
- the target window comprises 1-10 nucleotides. In some embodiments, the target window is 1-9, 1-8, 1-7, 1-6, 1-5, 1-4, 1-3, 1-2, or 1 nucleotides in length. In some embodiments, the target window is 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, or 20 nucleotides in length. In some embodiments, the intended edited base pair occurs within the target window. In some embodiments, the target window comprises the intended edited base pair. In some embodiments, the nucleobase editor is any one of the base editors provided herein.
- any of the fusion proteins, gRNAs, and/or complexes described herein are provided as part of a pharmaceutical composition.
- the pharmaceutical composition comprises any of the fusion proteins provided herein.
- the pharmaceutical composition comprises any of the complexes provided herein.
- the pharmaceutical composition comprises a ribonucleoprotein complex comprising an RNA-guided nuclease (e.g., Cas9) that forms a complex with a gRNA and a cationic lipid.
- pharmaceutical composition comprises a gRNA, a nucleic acid programmable DNA binding protein, a cationic lipid, and a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient.
- Pharmaceutical compositions may optionally comprise one or more additional therapeutically active substances.
- compositions provided herein are administered to a subject, for example, to a human subject, in order to effect a targeted genomic modification within the subject.
- cells are obtained from the subject and contacted with a any of the pharmaceutical compositions provided herein.
- cells removed from a subject and contacted ex vivo with a pharmaceutical composition are re-introduced into the subject, optionally after the desired genomic modification has been effected or detected in the cells.
- compositions are principally directed to pharmaceutical compositions which are suitable for administration to humans, it will be understood by the skilled artisan that such compositions are generally suitable for administration to animals or organisms of all sorts.
- compositions suitable for administration to humans in order to render the compositions suitable for administration to various animals is well understood, and the ordinarily skilled veterinary pharmacologist can design and/or perform such modification with merely ordinary, if any, experimentation.
- Subjects to which administration of the pharmaceutical compositions is contemplated include, but are not limited to, humans and/or other primates; mammals, domesticated animals, pets, and commercially relevant mammals such as cattle, pigs, horses, sheep, cats, dogs, mice, and/or rats; and/or birds, including commercially relevant birds such as chickens, ducks, geese, and/or turkeys.
- Formulations of the pharmaceutical compositions described herein may be prepared by any method known or hereafter developed in the art of pharmacology. In general, such preparatory methods include the step of bringing the active ingredient(s) into association with an excipient and/or one or more other accessory ingredients, and then, if necessary and/or desirable, shaping and/or packaging the product into a desired single- or multi-dose unit.
- compositions may additionally comprise a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient, which, as used herein, includes any and all solvents, dispersion media, diluents, or other liquid vehicles, dispersion or suspension aids, surface active agents, isotonic agents, thickening or emulsifying agents, preservatives, solid binders, lubricants and the like, as suited to the particular dosage form desired.
- a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient includes any and all solvents, dispersion media, diluents, or other liquid vehicles, dispersion or suspension aids, surface active agents, isotonic agents, thickening or emulsifying agents, preservatives, solid binders, lubricants and the like, as suited to the particular dosage form desired.
- Remington's The Science and Practice of Pharmacy 21 st Edition, A. R. Gennaro (Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, Md., 2006; incorporated in its entirety herein by reference) discloses various ex
- compositions in accordance with the present invention may be used for treatment of any of a variety of diseases, disorders, and/or conditions, including but not limited to one or more of the following: autoimmune disorders (e.g. diabetes, lupus, multiple sclerosis, psoriasis, rheumatoid arthritis); inflammatory disorders (e.g. arthritis, pelvic inflammatory disease); infectious diseases (e.g. viral infections (e.g., HIV, HCV, RSV), bacterial infections, fungal infections, sepsis); neurological disorders (e.g. Alzheimer's disease, Huntington's disease; autism; Duchenne muscular dystrophy); cardiovascular disorders (e.g.
- autoimmune disorders e.g. diabetes, lupus, multiple sclerosis, psoriasis, rheumatoid arthritis
- inflammatory disorders e.g. arthritis, pelvic inflammatory disease
- infectious diseases e.g. viral infections (e.g., HIV, HCV, RSV), bacterial infections, fungal
- Atherosclerosis hypercholesterolemia, thrombosis, clotting disorders, angiogenic disorders such as macular degeneration
- proliferative disorders e.g. cancer, benign neoplasms
- respiratory disorders e.g. chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- digestive disorders e.g. inflammatory bowel disease, ulcers
- musculoskeletal disorders e.g. fibromyalgia, arthritis
- endocrine, metabolic, and nutritional disorders e.g. diabetes, osteoporosis
- urological disorders e.g. renal disease
- psychological disorders e.g. depression, schizophrenia
- skin disorders e.g. wounds, eczema
- blood and lymphatic disorders e.g. anemia, hemophilia
- kits comprising a nucleic acid construct, comprising (a) a nucleotide sequence encoding a Cas9 protein or a Cas9 fusion protein as provided herein; and (b) a heterologous promoter that drives expression of the sequence of (a).
- the kit further comprises an expression construct encoding a guide RNA backbone, wherein the construct comprises a cloning site positioned to allow the cloning of a nucleic acid sequence identical or complementary to a target sequence into the guide RNA backbone.
- Some aspects of this disclosure provide polynucleotides encoding a Cas9 protein of a fusion protein as provided herein. Some aspects of this disclosure provide vectors comprising such polynucleotides. In some embodiments, the vector comprises a heterologous promoter driving expression of polynucleotide.
- Some aspects of this disclosure provide cells comprising a Cas9 protein, a fusion protein, a nucleic acid molecule encoding the fusion protein, a complex comprise the Cas9 protein and the gRNA, and/or a vector as provided herein.
- ssDNA single-stranded DNA
- USER Enzyme was obtained from New England Biolabs.
- An ssDNA substrate was provided with a target cytosine residue at different positions. Deamination of the ssDNA cytosine target residue results in conversion of the target cytosine to a uracil.
- the USER Enzyme excises the uracil base and cleaves the ssDNA backbone at that position, cutting the ssDNA substrate into two shorter fragments of DNA.
- the ssDNA substrate is labeled on one end with a dye, e.g., with a 5′ Cy3 label (the * in the scheme below).
- a dye e.g., with a 5′ Cy3 label (the * in the scheme below).
- the substrate can be subjected to electrophoresis, and the substrate and any fragment released from it can be visualized by detecting the label.
- Cy5 is images, only the fragment with the label will be visible via imaging.
- ssDNA substrates were used that matched the target sequences of the various deaminases tested.
- Expression cassettes encoding the deaminases tested were inserted into a CMV backbone plasmid that has been used previously in the lab (Addgene plasmid 52970).
- the deaminase proteins were expressed using a TNT Quick Coupled Transcription/Translation System (Promega) according to the manufacturers recommendations.
- 5 mL of lysate was incubated with 5′ Cy3-labeled ssDNA substrate and 1 unit of USER Enzyme (NEB) for 3 hours.
- the DNA was resolved on a 10% TBE PAGE gel and the DNA was imaged using Cy-dye imaging.
- a schematic reparesentation of the USER Enzyme assay is shown in FIG. 41 .
- FIG. 1 shows the deaminase activity of the tested deaminases on ssDNA substrates, such as Doench 1, Doench 2, G7′ and VEGF Target 2.
- the rAPOBEC1 enzyme exhibited a substantial amount of deamination on the single-stranded DNA substrate with a canonical NGG PAM, but not with a negative control non-canonical NNN PAM.
- Cas9 fusion proteins with APOBEC family deaminases were generated. The following fusion architectures were constructed and tested on ssDNA:
- rAPOBEC1-GGS-dCas9 primary sequence (SEQ ID NO: 149) MSSETGPVAVDPTLRRRIEPHEFEVFFDPRELRKETCLLYEINWGGRHSIWRHTSQNTN KHVEVNFIEKFTTERYFCPNTRCSITWFLSWSPCGECSRAITEFLSRYPHVTLFIYIARL YHHADPRNRQGLRDLISSGVTIQIMTEQESGYCWRNFVNYSPSNEAHWPRYPHLWVR rAPOBEC1-(GGS) 3 -dCas9 primary sequence (SEQ ID NO: 150) MSSETGPVAVDPTLRRRIEPHEFEVFFDPRELRKETCLLYEINWGGRHSIWRHTSQNTN KHVEVNFIEKFTTERYFCPNTRCSITWFLSWSPCGECSRAITEFLSRYPHVTLFIYIARL YHHADPRNRQGLRDLISSGVTIQIMTEQESGYCWRNFVNYSPSNEAHWPRYPHL
- FIG. 2 shows that the N-terminal deaminase fusions showed significant activity on the single stranded DNA substrates. For this reason, only the N-terminal architecture was chosen for further experiments.
- FIG. 3 illustrates double stranded DNA substrate binding by deaminase-dCas9:sgRNA complexes.
- a number of double stranded deaminase substrate sequences were generated. The sequences are provided below. The structures according to FIG. 3 are identified in these sequences (36 bp: underlined, sgRNA target sequence: bold; PAM: boxed; 21 bp: italicized). All substrates were labeled with a 5′-Cy3 label:
- FIG. 4 shows the results of a double stranded DNA Deamination Assay.
- the fusions were expressed and purified with an N-terminal His6 tag via both Ni-NTA and sepharose chromatography.
- the various dsDNA substrates shown on the previous slide were incubated at a 1:8 dsDNA:fusion protein ratio and incubated at 37° C. for 2 hours. Once the dCas9 portion of the fusion binds to the DNA it blocks access of the USER enzyme to the DNA.
- the fusion proteins were denatured following the incubation and the dsDNA was purified on a spin column, followed by incubation for 45 min with the USER Enzyme and resolution of the resulting DNA substrate and substrate fragments on a 10% TBE-urea gel.
- FIG. 5 demonstrates that Cas9 fusions can target positions 3-11 of double-stranded DNA target sequences (numbered according to the schematic in FIG. 3 ).
- Upper Gel 1 ⁇ M rAPOBEC1-GGS-dCas9, 125 nM dsDNA, 1 eq sgRNA.
- Mid Gel 1 ⁇ M rAPOBEC1-(GGS) 3 -dCas9, 125 nM dsDNA, 1 eq sgRNA.
- Lower Gel 1.85 ⁇ M rAPOBEC1-XTEN-dCas9, 125 nM dsDNA, 1 eq sgRNA.
- positions 3-11 are sufficiently exposed to the activity of the deaminase to be targeted by the fusion proteins tested. Access of the deaminase to other positions is most likely blocked by the dCas9 protein.
- the data further indicates that a linker of only 3 amino acids (GGS) is not optimal for allowing the deaminase to access the single stranded portion of the DNA.
- the 9 amino acid linker [(GGS) 3 ] (SEQ ID NO: 610) and the more structured 16 amino acid linker (XTEN) allow for more efficient deamination.
- FIG. 6 demonstrates that the correct guide RNA, e.g., the correct sgRNA, is required for deaminase activity.
- the gel shows that fusing the deaminase to dCas9, the deaminase enzyme becomes sequence specific (e.g., using the fusion with an eGFP sgRNA results in no deamination), and also confers the capacity to the deaminase to deaminate dsDNA.
- the native substrate of the deaminase enzyme is ssDNA, and no deamination occurred when no sgRNA was added. This is consistent with reported knowledge that APOBEC deaminase by itself does not deaminate dsDNA.
- the sgRNA sequences used are provided below. sequences (36 bp: underlined, sgRNA target sequence: bold; PAM: boxed; 21 bp: italicized)
- eGFP sgRNA sequence (partial 3′-sequence):
- the dCas9:deaminase fusion proteins described herein can be delivered to a cell in vitro or ex vivo or to a subject in vivo and can be used to effect C to T or G to A transitions when the target nucleotide is in positions 3-11 with respect to a PAM.
- Exemplary deamination targets include, without limitation, the following: CCR5 truncations: any of the codons encoding Q93, Q102, Q186, R225, W86, or Q261 of CCR5 can be deaminated to generate a STOP codon, which results in a nonfunctional truncation of CCR5 with applications in HIV treatment.
- APOE4 mutations mutant codons encoding C11R and C57R mutant APOE4 proteins can be deaminated to revert to the wild-type amino acid with applications in Alzheimer's treatment.
- eGFP truncations any of the codons encoding Q158, Q184, Q185 can be deaminated to generate a STOP codon, or the codon encoding M1 can be deaminated to encode I, all of which result in loss of eGFP fluorescence, with applications in reporter systems.
- eGFP restoration a mutant codon encoding T65A or Y66C mutant GFP, which does not exhibit substantial fluorescence, can be deaminated to restore the wild-type amino acid and confer fluorescence.
- PIK3CA mutation a mutant codon encoding K111E mutant PIK3CA can be deaminated to restore the wild-type amino acid residue with applications in cancer.
- CTNNB1 mutation a mutant codon encoding T41A mutant CTNNB1 can be deaminated to restore the wild-type amino acid residue with applications in cancer.
- HRAS mutation a mutant codon encoding Q61R mutant HRAS can be deaminated to restore the wild-type amino acid residue with applications in cancer.
- P53 mutations any of the mutant codons encoding Y163C, Y236C, or N239D mutant p53 can be deaminated to encode the wild type amino acid sequence with applications in cancer.
- FIG. 7 illustrates the mechanism of target DNA binding of in vivo target sequences by deaminase-dCas9:sgRNA complexes.
- FIG. 8 shows successful deamination of exemplary disease-associated target sequences.
- Upper Gel CCR5 Q93: coding strand target in pos. 10 (potential off-targets at positions 2, 5, 6, 8, 9);
- CCR5 Q102 coding strand target in pos. 9 (potential off-targets at positions 1, 12, 14);
- CCR5 Q186 coding strand target in pos. 9 (potential off-targets at positions 1, 5, 15);
- CCR5 R225 coding strand target in pos. 6 (no potential off-targets);
- eGFP Q158 coding strand target in pos. 5 (potential off-targets at positions 1, 13, 16);
- eGFP Q184/185 coding strand target in pos.
- eGFP M1 template strand target in pos. 12 (potential off-targets at positions 2, 3, 7, 9, 11) (targets positions 7 and 9 to small degree); eGFP T65A: template strand target in pos. 7 (potential off-targets at positions 1, 8, 17); PIK3CA K111E: template strand target in pos. 2 (potential off-targets at positions 5, 8, 10, 16, 17); PIK3CA K111E: template strand target in pos. 13 (potential off-targets at positions 11, 16, 19) X. Lower Gel: CCR5 W86: template strand target in pos.
- APOE4 C11R coding strand target in pos. 11 (potential off-targets at positions 7, 13, 16, 17); APOE4 C57R: coding strand target in pos. 5) (potential off-targets at positions 7, 8, 12); eGFP Y66C: template strand target in pos. 11 (potential off-targets at positions 1, 4, 6, 8, 9, 16); eGFP Y66C: template strand target in pos. 3 (potential off-targets at positions 1, 8, 17); CCR5 Q261: coding strand target in pos.
- CTNNB1 T41A template strand target in pos. 7 (potential off-targets at positions 1, 13, 15, 16) X; HRAS Q61R: template strand target in pos. 6 (potential off-targets at positions 1, 2, 4, 5, 9, 10, 13); p53 Y163C: template strand target in pos. 6 (potential off-targets at positions 2, 13, 14); p53 Y236C: template strand target in pos. 8 (potential off-targets at positions 2, 4); p53 N239D: template strand target in pos. 4 (potential off-targets at positions 6, 8).
- Exemplary DNA sequences of disease targets are provided below (PAMs (5′-NGG-3′) and target positions are boxed):
- CCR5 Q93 5′-Cy3- (SEQ ID NO: 105) GTAGGTAGTTAGGATGAATGGAAGGTTGGTAACTAT GCTGCCGCC (SEQ ID NO: 106)
- CCR5 Q102 5′-Cy3- GTAGGTAGTTAGGATGAATGGAAGGTTGGTAAAATA CAATGTGT
- CCR5 Q186 5′-Cy3- (SEQ ID NO: 107) GTAGGTAGTTAGGATGAATGGAAGGTTGGTATTTTC CATACAGT
- CCR5 W86 5′-Cy3- (SEQ ID NO: 109)
- CCR5 Q261 5′-Cy3- (SEQ ID NO: 110) GTAGGTAGTTAGGATGAATGGAAGGTTGGTATCCTG AACACCTT APOE4
- C11R 5′-Cy3- (SEQ ID NO: 111) GTAGGTAGTTAGGATGAAT
- Direct programmable nucleobase editing efficiencies in mammalian cells by dCas9:deaminase fusion proteins can be improved significantly by fusing a uracil glycosylase inhibitor (UGI) to the dCas9:deaminase fusion protein.
- UFI uracil glycosylase inhibitor
- FIG. 9 shows in vitro C ⁇ T editing efficiencies in human HEK293 cells using rAPOBEC1-XTEN-dCas9:
- EMX1 (SEQ ID NO: 128)
- FANCF (SEQ ID NO: 129)
- HEK293 site 2 (SEQ ID NO: 130)
- HEK293 site 3 (SEQ ID NO: 735)
- HEK293 site 4 (SEQ ID NO: 132)
- RNF2: *PAMs are boxed, C residues within target window (positions 3-11) are numbered and bolded.
- FIG. 10 demonstrates that C ⁇ T editing efficiencies on the same protospacer sequences in HEK293T cells are greatly enhanced when a UGI domain is fused to the rAPOBEC1:dCas9 fusion protein.
- FIGS. 9 and 10 The percentages in FIGS. 9 and 10 are shown from sequencing both strands of the target sequence. Because only one of the strands is a substrate for deamination, the maximum possible deamination value in this assay is 50%. Accordingly, the deamination efficiency is double the percentages shown in the tables. E.g., a value of 50% relates to deamination of 100% of double-stranded target sequences.
- a uracil glycosylase inhibitor (UGI) was fused to the dCas9:deaminase fusion protein (e.g., rAPOBEC1-XTEN-dCas9-[UGI]-NLS)
- UGI uracil glycosylase inhibitor
- Fusions of CRISPR/Cas9 were engineered and the cytidine deaminase enzyme APOBEC1 that retain the ability to be programmed with a guide RNA, do not induce double-stranded DNA breaks, and mediate the direct conversion of cytidine to uracil, thereby effecting a C ⁇ T (or G ⁇ A) substitution following DNA replication, DNA repair, or transcription if the template strand is targeted.
- the resulting “nucleobase editors” convert cytidines within a window of approximately five nucleotides, and can efficiently correct a variety of point mutations relevant to human disease in vitro.
- second- and third-generation nucleobase editors that fuse uracil glycosylase inhibitor (UGI), and that use a Cas9 nickase targeting the non-edited strand, respectively, can overcome the cellular DNA repair response to nucleobase editing, resulting in permanent correction of up to 37% or ( ⁇ 15-75%) of total cellular DNA in human cells with minimal (typically ⁇ 1%) indel formation.
- canonical Cas9-mediated HDR on the same targets yielded an average of 0.7% correction with 4% indel formation.
- Nucleobase editors were used to revert two oncogenic p53 mutations into wild-type alleles in human breast cancer and lymphoma cells, and to convert an Alzheimer's Disease associated Arg codon in ApoE4 into a non-disease-associated Cys codon in mouse astrocytes. Base editing expands the scope and efficiency of genome editing of point mutations.
- the clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeat (CRISPR) system is a prokaryotic adaptive immune system that has been adapted to mediate genome engineering in a variety of organisms and cell lines.
- 41 CRISPR/Cas9 protein-RNA complexes localize to a target DNA sequence through base pairing with a guide RNA, and natively create a DNA double-stranded break (DSB) at the locus specified by the guide RNA.
- DSBs DNA double-stranded break
- endogenous DNA repair processes mostly result in random insertions or deletions (indels) at the site of DNA cleavage through non-homologous end joining (NHEJ).
- HDR homology-directed repair
- dCas9 Catalytically dead Cas9
- Asp10Ala and His840Ala mutations that inactivate its nuclease activity, retains its ability to bind DNA in a guide RNA-programmed manner but does not cleave the DNA backbone. 16,47
- conjugation of dCas9 with an enzymatic or chemical catalyst that mediates the direct conversion of one nucleobase to another could enable RNA-programmed nucleobase editing.
- cytosine C
- U uracil
- T thymine
- dCas9 was fused to cytidine deaminase enzymes in order to test their ability to convert C to U at a guide RNA-specified DNA locus.
- Most known cytidine deaminases operate on RNA, and the few examples that are known to accept DNA require single-stranded DNA.
- Recent studies on the dCas9-target DNA complex reveal that at least nine nucleotides of the displaced DNA strand are unpaired upon formation of the Cas9:guide RNA:DNA “R-loop” complex.
- cytidine deaminase enzymes hAID, hAPOBEC3G, rAPOBEC1, and pmCDA1
- rAPOBEC1 showed the highest deaminase activity under the tested conditions and was chosen for dCas9 fusion experiments ( FIG. 36A ).
- rAPOBEC1-dCas9 were expressed and purified with linkers of different length and composition ( FIG. 36B ), and evaluated each fusion for single guide RNA (sgRNA)-programmed dsDNA deamination in vitro ( FIGS. 11A to 11C and FIGS. 15A to 15D ).
- sgRNA single guide RNA
- FIGS. 11A to 11C Efficient, sequence-specific, sgRNA-dependent C to U conversion was observed in vitro ( FIGS. 11A to 11C ). Conversion efficiency was greatest using rAPOBEC1-dCas9 linkers over nine amino acids in length. The number of positions susceptible to deamination (the deamination “activity window”) increases with linker length was extended from three to 21 amino acids ( FIGS. 36C to 36 F 15 A to 15 D). The 16-residue XTEN linker 50 was found to offer a promising balance between these two characteristics, with an efficient deamination window of approximately five nucleotides, from positions 4 to 8 within the protospacer, counting the end distal to the protospacer-adjacent motif (PAM) as position 1.
- the rAPOBEC1-XTEN-dCas9 protein served as the first-generation nucleobase editor (NBE1).
- FIGS. 16A to 16B Elected were seven mutations relevant to human disease that in theory could be corrected by C to T nucleobase editing, synthesized double-stranded DNA 80-mers of the corresponding sequences, and assessed the ability of NBE1 to correct these mutations in vitro ( FIGS. 16A to 16B ).
- NBE1 yielded products consistent with efficient editing of the target C, or of at least one C within the activity window when multiple Cs were present, in six of these seven targets in vitro, with an average apparent editing efficiency of 44% ( FIGS. 16A to 16B ). In the three cases in which multiple Cs were present within the deamination window, evidence of deamination of some or all of these cytosines was observed. In only one of the seven cases tested were substantial yields of edited product observed ( FIGS.
- NBE1 activity in vitro was assessed on all four NC motifs at positions 1 through 8 within the protospacer ( FIGS. 12A to 12B ).
- NBE1 activity on substrates was observed to follow the order TC ⁇ CC ⁇ AC ⁇ GC, with maximum editing efficiency achieved when the target C is at or near position 7.
- the nucleobase editor is highly processive, and will efficiently convert most of all Cs to Us on the same DNA strand within the 5-base activity window ( FIG. 17 ).
- NLS C-terminal nuclear localization sequence
- 53 Assayed its ability to convert C to T in human cells on 14Cs in six well-studied target sites throughout the human genome ( FIG. 37A ).
- 54 The editable Cs were confirmed within each protospacer in vitro by incubating NBE1 with synthetic 80-mers that correspond to the six different genomic sites, followed by HTS ( FIGS. 13A to 13C , FIG. 29B and FIG. 25 ).
- HEK293T cells were transfected with plasmids encoding NBE1 and one of the six target sgRNAs, allowed three days for nucleobase editing to occur, extracted genomic DNA from the cells, and analyzed the loci by HTS.
- C to T editing in cells at the target locus was observed for all six cases, the efficiency of nucleobase editing was 1.1% to 6.3% or 0.8%-7.7% of total DNA sequences (corresponding to 2.2% to 12.6% of targeted strands), a 6.3-fold to 37-fold or 5-fold to 36-fold decrease in efficiency compared to that of in vitro nucleobase editing ( FIGS. 13A to 13C , FIG. 29B and FIG. 25 ). It was observed that some base editing outside of the typical window of positions 4 to 8 when the substrate C is preceded by a T, which we attribute to the unusually high activity of APOBEC1 for TC substrates. 48
- U:G heteroduplex DNA catalyzes removal of U from DNA in cells and initiates base excision repair (BER), with reversion of the U:G pair to a C:G pair as the most common outcome ( FIG. 29A ).
- Indels will on rare occasion arise from the processing of U:G lesions by cellular repair processes, which involve single-strand break intermediates that are known to lead to indels. 84 Given that several hundred endogenous U:G lesions are generated every day per human cell from spontaneous cytidine deaminase, 85 it was anticipate that the total indel frequency from U:G lesion repair is unlikely to increase from BE1 or BE2 activity at a single target locus.
- nicking the non-edited strand may result in a smaller fraction of edited Us being removed by the cell, since eukaryotic mismatch repair machinery uses strand discontinuity to direct DNA repair to any broken strand of a mismatched duplex ( FIG. 29A ).
- eukaryotic mismatch repair machinery uses strand discontinuity to direct DNA repair to any broken strand of a mismatched duplex ( FIG. 29A ).
- 58,79,80 The catalytic His residue was restored at position 840 in the Cas9 HNH domain, 47,59 resulting in the third-generation nucleobase editor NBE3 that nicks the non-edited strand containing a G opposite the targeted C, but does not cleave the target strand containing the C.
- NBE3 still contains the Asp10Ala mutation in Cas9, it does not induce double-stranded DNA cleavage.
- This strategy of nicking the non-edited strand augmented nucleobase editing efficiency in human cells by an additional 1.4- to 4.8-fold relative to NBE2, resulting in up to 36.3% of total DNA sequences containing the targeted C to T conversion on the same six human genomic targets in HEK293T cells ( FIGS. 13A to 13C and FIG. 29B ).
- FIGS. 13A to 13C and FIG. 29B Importantly, only a small frequency of indels, averaging 0.8% (ranging from 0.2% to 1.6% for the six different loci), was observed from NBE3 treatment ( FIG. 13C , FIG. 29C , and FIG. 34 ).
- off-target nucleobase editing sites should be a subset of the off-target sites of canonical Cas9 variants.
- the top ten known Cas9 off-target loci in human cells that were previously determined using the GUIDE-seq method were sequenced ( FIGS. 23 to 27 and 31 to 33 ).
- the off-target base-editing substrates contained a C within the five-base target window.
- off-target C to T conversion paralleled off-target Cas9 nuclease-mediated genome modification frequencies ( FIGS. 23 to 27 ). Also monitored were C to T conversions at 2,500 distinct cytosines surrounding the six on-target and 34 off-target loci tested, representing a total of 14,700,000 sequence reads derived from approximately 1.8 ⁇ 10 6 cells, and observed no detectable increase in C to T conversions at any of these other sites upon NBE1, NBE2, or NBE3 treatment compared to that of untreated cells ( FIG. 28 ).
- nucleobase editors include a subset of Cas9 off-target substrates, and that nucleobase editors in human cells do not induce untargeted C to T conversion throughout the genome at levels that can be detected by the methods used here.
- No substantial change was observed in editing efficiency between non-passaged HEK293T cells (editing observed in 1.8% to 2.6% of sequenced strands for the three target Cs with BE2, and 6.2% to 14.3% with BE3) and cells that had undergone approximately five cell divisions after base editing (editing observed in 1.9% to 2.3% of sequenced strands for the same target Cs with BE2, and 6.4% to 14.5% with BE3), confirming that base edits in these cells are durable (Extended Data FIG. 6 ).
- the apolipoprotein E gene variant APOE4 encodes two Arg residues at amino acid positions 112 and 158, and is the largest and most common genetic risk factor for late-onset Alzheimer's disease.
- 64 ApoE variants with Cys residues in positions 112 or 158, including APOE2 (Cys112/Cys158), APOE3 (Cys112/Arg158), and APOE3′ (Arg112/Cys158) have been shown 65 or are presumed 81 to confer substantially lower Alzheimer's disease risk than APOE4.
- APOE2 Cys112/Cys158
- APOE3 Cys112/Arg158
- APOE3′ Arg112/Cys158
- off-target activities of Cas9, dCas9, and Cas9 nickase have been extensively studied. 54, 60-62
- off-target C to T conversions by BE1, BE2, and BE3 paralleled off-target Cas9 nuclease-mediated genome modification frequencies.
- the dominant-negative p53 mutations Tyr163Cys and Asn239Asp are strongly associated with several types of cancer. 66-67 Both of these mutations can be corrected by a C to T conversion on the template strand ( FIGS. 16A to 16B ).
- a human breast cancer cell line homozygous for the p53 Tyr163Cys mutation (HCC1954 cells) was nucleofected with DNA encoding NBE3 and an sgRNA programmed to correct Tyr163Cys. Because the nucleofection efficiency of HCC1954 cells was ⁇ 10%, a plasmid expressing IRFP was co-nucleofected into these cells to enable isolation of nucleofected cells by fluorescence-activated cell sorting two days after treatment.
- HTS of genomic DNA revealed correction of the Tyr163Cys mutation in 7.6% of nucleofected HCC1954 cells ( FIG. 30B and FIG. 40A to 40B ).
- nucleofected was a human lymphoma cell line that is heterozygous for p53 Asn239Asp (ST486 cells) with DNA encoding NBE2 and an sgRNA programmed to correct Asn239Asp with 92% nucleofection efficiency). Correction of the Asn239Asp mutation was observed in 11% of treated ST486 cells (12% of nucleofected ST486 cells).
- NCBI ClinVar database 68 was searched for known genetic diseases that could in principle be corrected by this approach.
- ClinVar was filtered by first examining only single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), then removing any nonpathogenic variants. Out of the 24,670 pathogenic SNPs, 3,956 are caused by either a T to C, or an A to G, substitution. This list was further filtered to only include variants with a nearby NGG PAM that would position the SNP within the deamination activity window, resulting in 1,089 clinically relevant pathogenic gene variants that could in principle be corrected by the nucleobase editors described here ( FIG. 21 ).
- any of the base editors provided herein may be used to treat a disease or disorder.
- any base editors provided herein may be used to correct one or more mutations associated with any of the diseases or disorders provided herein.
- Exemplary diseases or disorders that may be treated include, without limitation, 3-Methylglutaconic aciduria type 2, 46,XY gonadal dysgenesis, 4-Alpha-hydroxyphenylpyruvate hydroxylase deficiency, 6-pyruvoyl-tetrahydropterin synthase deficiency, achromatopsia, Acid-labile subunit deficiency, Acrodysostosis, acroerythrokeratoderma, ACTH resistance, ACTH-independent macronodular adrenal hyperplasia, Activated PI3K-delta syndrome, Acute intermittent porphyria , Acute myeloid leukemia, Adams-Oliver syndrome 1/5/6, Adenylosuccinate lyase deficiency, Adrenoleukodys
- nucleobase editing advances both the scope and effectiveness of genome editing.
- the nucleobase editors described here offer researchers a choice of editing with virtually no indel formation (NBE2), or more efficient editing with a low frequency (here, typically ⁇ 1%) of indel formation (NBE3). That the product of base editing is, by definition, no longer a substrate likely contributes to editing efficiency by preventing subsequent product transformation, which can hamper traditional Cas9 applications.
- nucleobase editing has the potential to expand the type of genome modifications that can be cleanly installed, the efficiency of these modifications, and the type of cells that are amenable to editing.
- DNA sequences of all constructs and primers used in this paper are listed in the Supplementary Sequences. Plasmids containing genes encoding NBE1, NBE2, and NBE3 will be available from Addgene. PCR was performed using VeraSeq ULtra DNA polymerase (Enzymatics), or Q5 Hot Start High-Fidelity DNA Polymerase (New England Biolabs). NBE plasmids were constructed using USER cloning (New England Biolabs). Deaminase genes were synthesized as gBlocks Gene Fragments (Integrated DNA Technologies), and Cas9 genes were obtained from previously reported plasmids.
- sgRNA expression plasmids were constructed using site-directed mutagenesis. Briefly, the primers listed in the Supplementary Sequences were 5′ phosphorylated using T4 Polynucleotide Kinase (New England Biolabs) according to the manufacturer's instructions.
- PCR was performed using Q5 Hot Start High-Fidelity Polymerase (New England Biolabs) with the phosphorylated primers and the plasmid pFYF1320 (EGFP sgRNA expression plasmid) as a template according to the manufacturer's instructions.
- PCR products were incubated with DpnI (20 U, New England Biolabs) at 37° C. for 1 h, purified on a QIAprep spin column (Qiagen), and ligated using QuickLigase (New England Biolabs) according to the manufacturer's instructions.
- DNA vector amplification was carried out using Mach1 competent cells (ThermoFisher Scientific).
- E. Coli BL21 STAR (DE3)-competent cells were transformed with plasmids encoding pET28b-His 6 -rAPOBEC-linker-dCas9 with GGS, (GGS) 3 , (SEQ ID NO: 610) XTEN, or (GGS) 7 (SEQ ID NO: 610) linkers.
- the resulting expression strains were grown overnight in Luria-Bertani (LB) broth containing 100 ⁇ g/mL of kanamycin at 37° C.
- the culture was cooled to 4° C.
- IPTG isopropyl- ⁇ -D-1-thiogalactopyranoside
- the cells were lysed by sonication (20 s pulse-on, 20 s pulse-off for 8 min total at 6 W output) and the lysate supernatant was isolated following centrifugation at 25,000 g for 15 min.
- the lysate was incubated with His-Pur nickel-nitriloacetic acid (nickel-NTA) resin (ThermoFisher Scientific) at 4° C. for 1 h to capture the His-tagged fusion protein.
- the resin was transferred to a column and washed with 40 mL of lysis buffer.
- the His-tagged fusion protein was eluted in lysis buffer supplemented with 285 mM imidazole, and concentrated by ultrafiltration (Amicon-Millipore, 100-kDa molecular weight cut-off) to 1 mL total volume.
- the protein was diluted to 20 mL in low-salt purification buffer containing 50 mM tris(hydroxymethyl)-aminomethane (Tris)-HCl, pH 7.0, 0.1 M NaCl, 20% glycerol, 1.0 mM TCEP and loaded onto SP Sepharose Fast Flow resin (GE Life Sciences).
- Tris tris(hydroxymethyl)-aminomethane
- the resin was washed with 40 mL of this low-salt buffer, and the protein eluted with 5 mL of activity buffer containing 50 mM tris(hydroxymethyl)-aminomethane, (Tris)-HCl, pH 7.0, 0.5 M NaCl, 20% glycerol, 10 mM TCEP.
- the eluted proteins were quantified on a SDSPAGE gel.
- Linear DNA fragments containing the T7 promoter followed by the 20-bp sgRNA target sequence were transcribed in vitro using the primers listed in the Supplementary Sequences with the TranscriptAid T7 High Yield Transcription Kit (ThermoFisher Scientific) according to the manufacturer's instructions.
- sgRNA products were purified using the MEGAclear Kit (ThermoFisher Scientific) according to the manufacturer's instructions and quantified by UV absorbance.
- Sequences of 80-nucleotide unlabeled strands are listed in the Supplementary Sequences and were ordered as PAGE-purified oligonucleotides from IDT.
- the 25-nt Cy3-labeled primer listed in the Supplementary Sequences is complementary to the 3′ end of each 80-nt substrate. This primer was ordered as an HPLC-purified oligonucleotide from IDT.
- the 80-nt strands (5 ⁇ L of a 100 ⁇ M solution) were combined with the Cy3-labeled primer (5 pt of a 100 ⁇ M solution) in NEBuffer 2 (38.25 ⁇ L of a 50 mM NaCl, 10 mMTris-HCl, 10 mM MgCl 2 , 1 mM DTT, pH 7.9 solution, New England Biolabs) with dNTPs (0.75 ⁇ L of a 100 mM solution) and heated to 95° C. for 5 min, followed by a gradual cooling to 45° C. at a rate of 0.1° C./s.
- Klenow exo ⁇ (5 U, New England Biolabs) was added and the reaction was incubated at 37° C. for 1 h.
- the solution was diluted with Buffer PB (250 Qiagen) and isopropanol (50 ⁇ L) and purified on a QIAprep spin column (Qiagen), eluting with 50 ⁇ L of Tris buffer.
- the purified fusion protein (20 ⁇ L of 1.9 ⁇ M in activity buffer) was combined with 1 equivalent of appropriate sgRNA and incubated at ambient temperature for 5 min.
- the Cy3-labeled dsDNA substrate was added to final concentration of 125 nM and the resulting solution was incubated at 37° C. for 2 h.
- the dsDNA was separated from the fusion by the addition of Buffer PB (100 ⁇ L, Qiagen) and isopropanol (25 ⁇ L) and purified on a EconoSpin micro spin column (Epoch Life Science), eluting with 20 ⁇ L of CutSmart buffer (New England Biolabs).
- oligonucleotides listed in the Supplementary Sequences were obtained from IDT. Complementary sequences were combined (5 ⁇ L of a 100 ⁇ M solution) in Tris buffer and annealed by heating to 95° C. for 5 min, followed by a gradual cooling to 45° C. at a rate of 0.1° C./s to generate 60-bp dsDNA substrates. Purified fusion protein (20 ⁇ L of 1.9 ⁇ M in activity buffer) was combined with 1 equivalent of appropriate sgRNA and incubated at ambient temperature for 5 min. The 60-mer dsDNA substrate was added to final concentration of 125 nM and the resulting solution was incubated at 37° C. for 2 h.
- the dsDNA was separated from the fusion by the addition of Buffer PB (100 ⁇ L, Qiagen) and isopropanol (25 ⁇ L) and purified on a EconoSpin micro spin column (Epoch Life Science), eluting with 20 ⁇ L of Tris buffer.
- the resulting edited DNA (1 ⁇ L was used as a template) was amplified by PCR using the HTS primer pairs specified in the Supplementary Sequences and VeraSeq Ultra (Enzymatics) according to the manufacturer's instructions with 13 cycles of amplification.
- PCR reaction products were purified using RapidTips (Diffinity Genomics), and the purified DNA was amplified by PCR with primers containing sequencing adapters, purified, and sequenced on a MiSeq high-throughput DNA sequencer (Illumina) as previously described. 73
- HEK293T ATCC CRL-3216
- U2OS ATCC-HTB-96
- ST486 cells ATCC
- Dulbecco's Modified Eagle's Medium plus GlutaMax ThermoFisher
- FBS fetal bovine serum
- penicillin/streptomycin 1 ⁇ , Amresco
- Immortalized rat astrocytes containing the ApoE4 isoform of the APOE gene were cultured in Dulbecco's Modified Eagle's Medium plus GlutaMax (ThermoFisher Scientific) supplemented with 10% (v/v) fetal bovine serum (FBS) and 200 ⁇ g/mL Geneticin (ThermoFisher Scientific).
- HEK293T cells were seeded on 48-well collagen-coated BioCoat plates (Corning) and transfected at approximately 85% confluency. Briefly, 750 ng of NBE and 250 ng of sgRNA expression plasmids were transfected using 1.5 ⁇ l of Lipofectamine 2000 (ThermoFisher Scientific) per well according to the manufacturer's protocol. Astrocytes, U2OS, HCC1954, HEK293T and ST486 cells were transfected using appropriate AMAXA NUCLEOFECTORTM II programs according to manufacturer's instructions.
- infrared RFP (Addgene plasmid 45457) 74 was added to the nucleofection solution to assess nucleofection efficiencies in these cell lines.
- nucleofection efficiencies were 25%, 74%, and 92%, respectively.
- nucleofection efficiency was ⁇ 10%. Therefore, following trypsinization, the HCC1954 cells were filtered through a 40 micron strainer (Fisher Scientific), and the nucleofected HCC1954 cells were collected on a Beckman Coulter MoFlo XDP Cell Sorter using the iRFP signal (abs 643 nm, em 670 nm). The other cells were used without enrichment of nucleofected cells.
- Transfected cells were harvested after 3 d and the genomic DNA was isolated using the Agencourt DNAdvance Genomic DNA Isolation Kit (Beckman Coulter) according to the manufacturer's instructions.
- On-target and off-target genomic regions of interest were amplified by PCR with flanking HTS primer pairs listed in the Supplementary Sequences.
- PCR amplification was carried out with Phusion high-fidelity DNA polymerase (ThermoFisher) according to the manufacturer's instructions using 5 ng of genomic DNA as a template.
- Cycle numbers were determined separately for each primer pair as to ensure the reaction was stopped in the linear range of amplification (30, 28, 28, 28, 32, and 32 cycles for EMX1, FANCF, HEK293 site 2, HEK293 site 3, HEK293 site 4, and RNF2 primers, respectively).
- PCR products were purified using RapidTips (Diffinity Genomics). Purified DNA was amplified by PCR with primers containing sequencing adaptors. The products were gel-purified and quantified using the QUANT-ITTM PicoGreen dsDNA Assay Kit (ThermoFisher) and KAPA Library Quantification Kit-Illumina (KAPA Biosystems). Samples were sequenced on an Illumina MiSeq as previously described. 73
- Indel frequencies were quantified with a custom Matlab script shown in the Supplementary Notes using previously described criteria 71 .
- Sequencing reads were scanned for exact matches to two 10-bp sequences that flank both sides of a window in which indels might occur. If no exact matches were located, the read was excluded from analysis. If the length of this indel window exactly matched the reference sequence the read was classified as not containing an indel. If the indel window was two or more bases longer or shorter than the reference sequence, then the sequencing read was classified as an insertion or deletion, respectively.
- rev_sgRNA_plasmid was used in all cases.
- the pFYF1320 plasmid was used as template as noted in Materials and Methods section.
- SEQ ID NOs: 187-196 appear from top to bottom below, respectively.
- SEQ ID NOs: 197-199 appear from top to bottom below, respectively.
- rev_gRNA_T7 was used in all cases.
- the pFYF1320 plasmid was used as template as noted in Materials and Methods section.
- SEQ ID NOs: 200-223 appear from top to bottom below, respectively.
- SEQ ID NOs: 224-248 appear from top to bottom below, respectively.
- rev_gRNA_T7 (above) was used in all cases.
- the pFYF1320 plasmid was used as template as noted in Materials and Methods section.
- SEQ ID NOs: 249-300 appear from top to bottom below, respectively.
- dsDNA substrates were obtained by annealing complementary strands as described in Materials and Methods. Oligonucleotides representing the EMX1, FANCF, HEK293 site 2, HEK293 site 3, HEK293 site 4, and RNF2 loci were originally designed for use in the gel-based deaminase assay and therefore have the same 25-nt sequence on their 5′-ends (matching that of the Cy3-primer). SEQ ID NOs: 301-352 appear from top to bottom below, respectively.
- SEQ ID Nos: 353-361 appear from top to bottom below, respectively.
- SEQ ID Nos: 362-469 appear from top to bottom below, respectively.
- EMX1 sense (SEQ ID NO: 470) TCATCTGTGCCCCTCCCTCCCTGGCCCAGGTGAAGGTGTGGTTCCAGAACCGGAGGACAAAGTACA AACGGCAGAAGCTGGAGGAGGAAGGGCCTGAGTTTGAGCAGAAGAAGAAGGGCTCCCATCACATC AACCGGTGGCGCATTGCCACGAAGCAGGCCAATGGGGAGGACATCGATGTCACCTCCAATGACTAG GGT EMX1 antisense (SEQ ID NO: 471) ACCCTAGTCATTGGAGGTGACATCGATGTCCTCCCCATTGGCCTGCTTCGTGGCAATGCGCCACCG GTTGATGTGATGGGAGCCCTTCTTCTTCTGCTCAAACTGAGGCCCTTCCTCCTCCAGCTTCTGCCGT TTGTACTTTGTCCTCCGGTTCTGGAACCACACCTTCACCTGGGCCAGGGAGGGGCACAGATGA HEK293 site 3 sense (SEQ ID NO: 472) CATGCAATTAGTCTATTTCTGCTGC
- rAPOBEC1 (mammalian) (SEQ ID NO: 170) CATCCTTGGTACCGAGCTCGGATCCAGCCACCATGAGCTCAGAGACTGGCCCAGTGGCTGTGGACC CCACATTGAGACGGCGGATCGAGCCCCATGAGTTTGAGGTATTCTTCGATCCGAGAGAGCTCCGCA AGGAGACCTGCCTGCTTTACGAAATTAATTGGGGGGGCCGGCACTCCATTTGGCGACATACATCACA GAACACTAACAAGCACGTCGAAGTCAACTTCATCGAGAAGTTCACGACAGAAAGATATTTCTGTCCG AACACAAGGTGCAGCATTACCTGGTTTCTCAGCTGGAGCCCATGCGGCGAATGTAGTAGGGCCATC ACTGAATTCCTGTCAAGGTATCCCCATCGTCACTCTGTTTATTTACATCGCAAGGCTGTACCACCACGC TGACCCCCGCAATCGACAAGGCCTGCGGGATTTGATCTCTTCAGGTGACTATCCAAAA
- WTnuc ‘GCGGACATGGAGGACGTGCGCGGCCGCCTGGTGCAGTACCG CGGCGAGGTGCAGGCCATGCTCGGCCAGA GCACCGAGGAGCTGCGGGTGCCTCGCCTCCCACCTGCGCAAGCTGCGT AAGCGGCTCCTCCGCGATGCCGATGACCTGCAGAAGCGCCTGGCAGTGTA CCAGGCCGGGGCCCGCGAGGGCGCCGAGCGCGGCCTCAGCGCCATCCGCG AGCGCCTGGGGCCCCTGGTGGAACAG’;
- WTnuc ‘GCGGACATGGAGGACGTGCGCGGCCGCCTGGTGCAGTACCGC GGCGAGGTGCAGGCCATGCTCGGCCAGA GCACCGAGGAGCTGCGGGTGCCTCGCCTCCCACCTGCGCAAGCTGCGT AAGCGGCTCCTCCGCGATGCCGATGACCTGCAGAAGCGCCTGGCAGTGTA CCAGGCCGGGGCCCGCGAGGGCGCCGAGCGCGGCCTCAGCGCCATCCGCG AGCGCCTGGGGCCCCTGGTGGAACAG’;
- Cas9 variants for example Cas9 proteins from one or more organisms, which may comprise one or more mutations (e.g., to generate dCas9 or Cas9 nickase).
- one or more of the amino acid residues, identified below by an asterek, of a Cas9 protein may be mutated.
- the D10 and/or H840 residues of the amino acid sequence provided in SEQ ID NO: 6, or a corresponding mutation in any Cas9 protein, such as any one of the Cas9 amino acid sequences as provided herein, are mutated.
- the D10 residue of the amino acid sequence provided in SEQ ID NO: 6, or a corresponding mutation in any Cas9 protein, such as any one of the Cas9 amino acid sequences as provided herein, is mutated to any amino acid residue, except for D.
- the D10 residue of the amino acid sequence provided in SEQ ID NO: 6, or a corresponding mutation in any Cas9 protein, such as any one of the Cas9 amino acid sequences as provided herein is mutated to an A.
- the H840 residue of the amino acid sequence provided in SEQ ID NO: 6, or a corresponding residue in any Cas9 protein, such as any one of the Cas9 amino acid sequences as provided herein is an H.
- the H840 residue of the amino acid sequence provided in SEQ ID NO: 6, or a corresponding mutation in any Cas9 protein, such as any one of the Cas9 amino acid sequences as provided herein, is mutated to any amino acid residue, except for H.
- the H840 residue of the amino acid sequence provided in SEQ ID NO: 6, or a corresponding mutation in any Cas9 protein, such as any one of the Cas9 amino acid sequences as provided herein is mutated to an A.
- the D10 residue of the amino acid sequence provided in SEQ ID NO: 6, or a corresponding residue in any Cas9 protein, such as any one of the Cas9 amino acid sequences as provided herein is a D.
- a number of Cas9 sequences from various species were aligned to determine whether corresponding homologous amino acid residues of D10 and H840 of SEQ ID NO: 6 or SEQ ID NO: 567 can be identified in other Cas9 proteins, allowing the generation of Cas9 variants with corresponding mutations of the homologous amino acid residues.
- the alignment was carried out using the NCBI Constraint-based Multiple Alignment Tool (COBALT(accessible at st-va.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/tools/cobalt), with the following parameters. Alignment parameters: Gap penalties ⁇ 11, ⁇ 1; End-Gap penalties ⁇ 5, ⁇ 1.
- CDD Parameters Use RPS BLAST on; Blast E-value 0.003; Find conserveed columns and Recompute on.
- Query Clustering Parameters Use query clusters on; Word Size 4; Max cluster distance 0.8; Alphabet Regular.
- Sequence 1 SEQ ID NO: 567
- Sequence 2 SEQ ID NO: 568
- Sequence 3 SEQ ID NO: 569
- Sequence 4 SEQ ID NO: 57015AXW_A
- HNH domain (bold and underlined) and the RuvC domain (boxed) are identified for each of the four sequences.
- Amino acid residues 10 and 840 in S1 and the homologous amino acids in the aligned sequences are identified with an asterisk following the respective amino acid residue.
- the alignment demonstrates that amino acid sequences and amino acid residues that are homologous to a reference Cas9 amino acid sequence or amino acid residue can be identified across Cas9 sequence variants, including, but not limited to Cas9 sequences from different species, by identifying the amino acid sequence or residue that aligns with the reference sequence or the reference residue using alignment programs and algorithms known in the art.
- This disclosure provides Cas9 variants in which one or more of the amino acid residues identified by an asterisk in SEQ ID NOs: 567-570 (e.g., 51, S2, S3, and S4, respectively) are mutated as described herein.
- residues D10 and H840 in Cas9 of SEQ ID NO: 6 that correspond to the residues identified in SEQ ID NOs: 567-570 by an asterisk are referred to herein as “homologous” or “corresponding” residues.
- homologous residues can be identified by sequence alignment, e.g., as described above, and by identifying the sequence or residue that aligns with the reference sequence or residue.
- mutations in Cas9 sequences that correspond to mutations identified in SEQ ID NO: 6 herein, e.g., mutations of residues 10, and 840 in SEQ ID NO: 6, are referred to herein as “homologous” or “corresponding” mutations.
- the mutations corresponding to the D10A mutation in SEQ ID NO: 6 or 51 (SEQ ID NO: 567) for the four aligned sequences above are D11A for S2, D10A for S3, and D13A for S4; the corresponding mutations for H840A in SEQ ID NO: 6 or 51 (SEQ ID NO: 567) are H850A for S2, H842A for S3, and H560A for S4.
Abstract
Description
- Targeted editing of nucleic acid sequences, for example, the targeted cleavage or the targeted introduction of a specific modification into genomic DNA, is a highly promising approach for the study of gene function and also has the potential to provide new therapies for human genetic diseases.1 An ideal nucleic acid editing technology possesses three characteristics: (1) high efficiency of installing the desired modification; (2) minimal off-target activity; and (3) the ability to be programmed to edit precisely any site in a given nucleic acid, e.g., any site within the human genome.2 Current genome engineering tools, including engineered zinc finger nucleases (ZFNs),3 transcription activator like effector nucleases (TALENs),4 and most recently, the RNA-guided DNA endonuclease Cas9,5 effect sequence-specific DNA cleavage in a genome. This programmable cleavage can result in mutation of the DNA at the cleavage site via non-homologous end joining (NHEJ) or replacement of the DNA surrounding the cleavage site via homology-directed repair (HDR).6,7
- One drawback to the current technologies is that both NHEJ and HDR are stochastic processes that typically result in modest gene editing efficiencies as well as unwanted gene alterations that can compete with the desired alteration.8 Since many genetic diseases in principle can be treated by effecting a specific nucleotide change at a specific location in the genome (for example, a C to T change in a specific codon of a gene associated with a disease),9 the development of a programmable way to achieve such precision gene editing would represent both a powerful new research tool, as well as a potential new approach to gene editing-based human therapeutics.
- Nucleic acid programmable DNA binding proteins (napDNAbp), such as the clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeat (CRISPR) system is a recently discovered prokaryotic adaptive immune system10 that has been modified to enable robust and general genome engineering in a variety of organisms and cell lines.11 CRISPR-Cas (CRISPR associated) systems are protein-RNA complexes that use an RNA molecule (sgRNA) as a guide to localize the complex to a target DNA sequence via base-pairing.12 In the natural systems, a Cas protein then acts as an endonuclease to cleave the targeted DNA sequence.13 The target DNA sequence must be both complementary to the sgRNA, and also contain a “protospacer-adjacent motif” (PAM) at the 3′-end of the complementary region in order for the system to function.14
- Among the known Cas proteins, S. pyogenes Cas9 has been mostly widely used as a tool for genome engineering.15 This Cas9 protein is a large, multi-domain protein containing two distinct nuclease domains. Point mutations can be introduced into Cas9 to abolish nuclease activity, resulting in a dead Cas9 (dCas9) that still retains its ability to bind DNA in a sgRNA-programmed manner.16 In principle, when fused to another protein or domain, dCas9 can target that protein or domain to virtually any DNA sequence simply by co-expression with an appropriate sgRNA.
- The potential of the dCas9 complex for genome engineering purposes is immense. Its unique ability to bring proteins to specific sites in a genome programmed by the sgRNA in theory can be developed into a variety of site-specific genome engineering tools beyond nucleases, including deaminases (e.g., cytidine deamianses), transcriptional activators, transcriptional repressors, histone-modifying proteins, integrases, and recombinases.11 Some of these potential applications have recently been implemented through dCas9 fusions with transcriptional activators to afford RNA-guided transcriptional activators,17,18 transcriptional repressors,16,19,20 and chromatin modification enzymes.21 Simple co-expression of these fusions with a variety of sgRNAs results in specific expression of the target genes. These seminal studies have paved the way for the design and construction of readily programmable sequence-specific effectors for the precise manipulation of genomes.
- Some aspects of the disclosure are based on the recognition that certain configurations of a nucleic acid programmable DNA binding protein (napDNAbp), for example CasX, CasY, Cpf1, C2c1, C2c2, C2c3, or Argonaute protein, and a cytidine deaminase domain fused by a linker are useful for efficiently deaminating target cytidine residues. Other aspects of this disclosure relate to the recognition that a nucleobase editing fusion protein with a cytidine deaminase domain fused to the N-terminus of a napDNAbp via a linker was capable of efficiently deaminating target nucleic acids in a double stranded DNA target molecule. See, for example, Examples 3 and 4 below, which demonstrate that the fusion proteins, which are also referred to herein as base editors, generate less indels and more efficiently deaminate target nucleic acids than other base editors, such as base editors without a UGI domain. Other aspects of this disclosure relate to the recognition that a nucleobase editing fusion protein with a cytidine deaminase domain fused to the N-terminus of napDNAbp via a linker perform base editing with higher efficiency and greatly improved product purity when the fusion protein is comprised of more than one UGI domain. See, for example, Example 17, which demonstrates that a fusion protein (e.g., base editor) comprising two UGI domains generates less indels and more efficiently deaminates target nucleic acids than other base editors, such as those comprising one UGI domain.
- In some embodiments, the fusion protein comprises: (i) a nucleic acid programmable DNA binding protein (napDNAbp); (ii) a cytidine deaminase domain; and (iii) a uracil glycosylase inhibitor (UGI) domain, where the napDNAbp is a CasX, CasY, Cpf1, C2c1, C2c2, C2c3, or Argonaute protein. In some embodiments, the nucleic acid programmable DNA binding protein (napDNAbp) is a CasX protein. In some embodiments, the CasX protein comprises an amino acid sequence that is at least 90% identical to SEQ ID NO: 29 or 30. In some embodiments, the CasX protein comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 29 or 30.
- In some embodiments, the fusion protein comprises: (i) a nucleic acid programmable DNA binding protein (napDNAbp); (ii) a cytidine deaminase domain; (iii) a first uracil glycosylase inhibitor (UGI) domain; and (iv) a second uracil glycosylase inhibitor (UGI) domain, wherein the napDNAbp is a Cas9, dCas9, or Cas9 nickase protein. In some embodiments, the napDNAbp is a dCas9 protein. In some embodiments, the napDNAbp is a CasX, CasY, Cpf1, C2c1, C2c2, C2c3, or Argonaute protein. In some embodiments, the dCas9 protein is a S. pyogenes dCas9 (SpCas9d). In some embodiments, the dCas9 protein is a S. pyogenes dCas9 harboring a D10A mutation. In some embodiments, the dCas9 protein comprises an amino acid sequence that is at least 90% identical to SEQ ID NO: 6 or 7. In some embodiments, the dCas9 protein comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 6 or 7. In some embodiments, the dCas9 protein is a S. aureus dCas9 (SaCas9d). In some embodiments, the dCas9 protein is a S. aureus dCas9 harboring a D10A mutation. In some embodiments, the dCas9 protein comprises an amino acid sequence that is at least 90% identical to SEQ ID NO: 33-36. In some embodiments, the dCas9 protein comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 33-36.
- In some embodiments, the nucleic acid programmable DNA binding protein (napDNAbp) is a CasY protein. In some embodiments, the CasY protein comprises an amino acid sequence that is at least 90% identical to SEQ ID NO: 31. In some embodiments, the CasY protein comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 31.
- In some embodiments, the nucleic acid programmable DNA binding protein (napDNAbp) is a Cpf1 or Cpf1 mutant protein. In some embodiments, the Cpf1 or Cpf1 mutant protein comprises an amino acid sequence that is at least 90% identical to any one of SEQ ID NOs: 9-24. In some embodiments, the Cpf1 or Cpf1 mutant protein comprises the amino acid sequence of any one of SEQ ID NOs: 9-24.
- In some embodiments, the nucleic acid programmable DNA binding protein (napDNAbp) is a C2c1 protein. In some embodiments, the C2c1 protein comprises an amino acid sequence that is at least 90% identical to SEQ ID NO: 26. In some embodiments, the C2c1 protein comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 26.
- In some embodiments, the nucleic acid programmable DNA binding protein (napDNAbp) is a C2c2 protein. In some embodiments, the C2c2 protein comprises an amino acid sequence that is at least 90% identical to SEQ ID NO: 27. In some embodiments, the C2c2 protein comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 27.
- In some embodiments, the nucleic acid programmable DNA binding protein (napDNAbp) is a C2c3 protein. In some embodiments, the C2c3 protein comprises an amino acid sequence that is at least 90% identical to SEQ ID NO: 28. In some embodiments, the C2c3 protein comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 28.
- In some embodiments, the nucleic acid programmable DNA binding protein (napDNAbp) is an Argonaute protein. In some embodiments, the Argonaute protein comprises an amino acid sequence that is at least 90% identical to SEQ ID NO: 25. In some embodiments, the Argonaute protein comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 25.
- Some aspects of the disclosure are based on the recognition that fusion proteins provided herein are capable of generating one or more mutations (e.g., a C to T mutation) without generating a large proportion of indels. In some embodiments, any of the fusion proteins (e.g., base editing proteins) provided herein generate less than 10% indels. In some embodiments, any of the fusion proteins (e.g., base editing proteins) provided herein generate less than 10%, 9%, 8%, 7%, 6%, 5.5%, 5%, 4.5%, 4%, 3.5%, 3%, 2.5%, 2%, 1.5%, 1%, 0.5%, or 0.1% indels.
- In some embodiments, the fusion protein comprises a napDNAbp and an apolipoprotein B mRNA-editing complex 1 (APOBEC1) deaminase domain, where the deaminase domain is fused to the N-terminus of the napDNAbp domain via a linker comprising the amino acid sequence SGSETPGTSESATPES (SEQ ID NO: 604). In some embodiments, the napDNAbp comprises the amino acid sequence of any of the napDNAbp provided herein. In some embodiments, the deaminase is rat APOBEC1 (SEQ ID NO: 76). In some embodiments, the deaminase is human APOBEC1 (SEQ ID NO: 74). In some embodiments, the deaminase is pmCDA1 (SEQ ID NO: 81). In some embodiments, the deaminase is human APOBEC3G (SEQ ID NO: 60). In some embodiments, the deaminase is a human APOBEC3G variant of any one of (SEQ ID NOs: 82-84). In some embodiments, the fusion protein comprises a napDNAbp and an apolipoprotein B mRNA-
editing complex 1 catalytic polypeptide-like 3G (APOBEC3G) deaminase domain, wherein the deaminase domain is fused to the N-terminus of the napDNAbp domain via a linker of any length or composition (e.g., an amino acid sequence, a peptide, a polymer, or a bond). In some embodiments, the linker comprises the amino acid sequence SGSETPGTSESATPES (SEQ ID NO: 604). In some embodiments, the linker comprises the amino acid sequence SGGSSGGSSGSETPGTSESATPESSGGSSGGS (SEQ ID NO: 605). - In some embodiments, the fusion protein comprises a napDNAbp and a cytidine deaminase 1 (CDA1) deaminase domain, wherein the deaminase domain is fused to the N-terminus of the napDNAbp domain via a linker comprising the amino acid sequence SGSETPGTSESATPES (SEQ ID NO: 604). In some embodiments, the linker comprises the amino acid sequence SGGSSGGSSGSETPGTSESATPESSGGSSGGS (SEQ ID NO: 605). In some embodiments, the napDNAbp comprises the amino acid sequence of any of the napDNAbps provided herein.
- In some embodiments, the fusion protein comprises a napDNAbp and an activation-induced cytidine deaminase (AID) deaminase domain, where the deaminase domain is fused to the N-terminus of the napDNAbp domain via a linker comprising the amino acid sequence SGSETPGTSESATPES (SEQ ID NO: 604). In some embodiments, the linker comprises the amino acid sequence SGGSSGGSSGSETPGTSESATPESSGGSSGGS (SEQ ID NO: 605). In some embodiments, the napDNAbp comprises the amino acid sequence of any of the napDNAbps provided herein.
- Some aspects of the disclosure are based on the recognition that certain configurations of a napDNAbp, and a cytidine deaminase domain fused by a linker are useful for efficiently deaminating target cytidine residues. Other aspects of this disclosure relate to the recognition that a nucleobase editing fusion protein with an apolipoprotein B mRNA-editing complex 1 (APOBEC1) deaminase domain fused to the N-terminus of a napDNAbp via a linker comprising the amino acid sequence SGSETPGTSESATPES (SEQ ID NO: 604) was capable of efficiently deaminating target nucleic acids in a double stranded DNA target molecule. In some embodiments, the fusion protein comprises a napDNAbp domain and an apolipoprotein B mRNA-editing complex 1 (APOBEC1) deaminase domain, where the deaminase domain is fused to the N-terminus of the napDNAbp via a linker comprising the amino acid sequence SGSETPGTSESATPES (SEQ ID NO: 604).
- Some aspects of this disclosure provide strategies, systems, reagents, methods, and kits that are useful for the targeted editing of nucleic acids, including editing a single site within a subject's genome, e.g., a human's genome. In some embodiments, fusion proteins of napDNAbp (e.g., CasX, CasY, Cpf1, C2c1, C2c2, C2c3, or Argonaute protein) and deaminases or deaminase domains, are provided. In some embodiments, methods for targeted nucleic acid editing are provided. In some embodiments, reagents and kits for the generation of targeted nucleic acid editing proteins, e.g., fusion proteins of napDNAbp and deaminases or deaminase domains, are provided.
- Some aspects of this disclosure provide fusion proteins comprising a napDNAbp as provided herein that is fused to a second protein (e.g., an enzymatic domain such as a cytidine deaminase domain), thus forming a fusion protein. In some embodiments, the second protein comprises an enzymatic domain, or a binding domain. In some embodiments, the enzymatic domain is a nuclease, a nickase, a recombinase, a deaminase, a methyltransferase, a methylase, an acetylase, an acetyltransferase, a transcriptional activator, or a transcriptional repressor domain. In some embodiments, the enzymatic domain is a nucleic acid editing domain. In some embodiments, the nucleic acid editing domain is a deaminase domain. In some embodiments, the deaminase is a cytosine deaminase or a cytidine deaminase. In some embodiments, the deaminase is an apolipoprotein B mRNA-editing complex (APOBEC) family deaminase. In some embodiments, the deaminase is an APOBEC1 deaminase. In some embodiments, the deaminase is an APOBEC2 deaminase. In some embodiments, the deaminase is an APOBEC3 deaminase. In some embodiments, the deaminase is an APOBEC3A deaminase. In some embodiments, the deaminase is an APOBEC3B deaminase. In some embodiments, the deaminase is an APOBEC3C deaminase. In some embodiments, the deaminase is an APOBEC3D deaminase. In some embodiments, the deaminase is an APOBEC3E deaminase. In some embodiments, the deaminase is an APOBEC3F deaminase. In some embodiments, the deaminase is an APOBEC3G deaminase. In some embodiments, the deaminase is an APOBEC3H deaminase. In some embodiments, the deaminase is an APOBEC4 deaminase. In some embodiments, the deaminase is an activation-induced deaminase (AID). It should be appreciated that the deaminase may be from any suitable organism (e.g., a human or a rat). In some embodiments, the deaminase is from a human, chimpanzee, gorilla, monkey, cow, dog, rat, or mouse. In some embodiments, the deaminase is rat APOBEC1 (SEQ ID NO: 76). In some embodiments, the deaminase is human APOBEC1 (SEQ ID NO: 74). In some embodiments, the deaminase is pmCDA1.
- Some aspects of this disclosure provide fusion proteins comprising: (i) a CasX, CasY, Cpf1, C2c1, C2c2, C2c3, or Argonaute protein domain comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 32; and (ii) an apolipoprotein B mRNA-editing complex 1 (APOBEC1) deaminase domain, wherein the deaminase domain is fused to the N-terminus of the napDNAbp via a linker comprising the amino acid sequence of SGSETPGTSESATPES (SEQ ID NO: 604). In some embodiments, the deaminase is rat APOBEC1 (SEQ ID NO: 76). In some embodiments, the deaminase is human APOBEC1 (SEQ ID NO: 74). In some embodiments, the fusion protein comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 591. In some embodiments, the fusion protein comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 5737. In some embodiments, the deaminase is pmCDA1 (SEQ ID NO: 81). In some embodiments, the deaminase is human APOBEC3G (SEQ ID NO: 60). In some embodiments, the deaminase is a human APOBEC3G variant of any one of SEQ ID NOs: 82-84.
- Other aspects of this disclosure relate to the recognition that fusion proteins comprising a deaminase domain, a napDNAbp domain and a uracil glycosylase inhibitor (UGI) domain demonstrate improved efficiency for deaminating target nucleotides in a nucleic acid molecule. Without wishing to be bound by any particular theory, cellular DNA-repair response to the presence of U:G heteroduplex DNA may be responsible for a decrease in nucleobase editing efficiency in cells. Uracil DNA glycosylase (UDG) catalyzes removal of U from DNA in cells, which may initiate base excision repair, with reversion of the U:G pair to a C:G pair as the most common outcome. As demonstrated herein, Uracil DNA Glycosylase Inhibitor (UGI) may inhibit human UDG activity. Without wishing to be bound by any particular theory, base excision repair may be inhibited by molecules that bind the single strand, block the edited base, inhibit UGI, inhibit base excision repair, protect the edited base, and/or promote “fixing” of the non-edited strand, etc. Thus, this disclosure contemplates fusion proteins comprising a napDNAbp-cytidine deaminase domain that is fused to a UGI domain.
- Further aspects of this disclosure relate to the recognition that fusion proteins comprising a deaminase domain, a napDNAbp domain, and more than one uracil glycosylase inhibitor (UGI) domain (e.g., one, two, three, four, five, or more UGI domains) demonstrate improved efficiency for deaminating target nucleotides in a nucleic acid molecule and/or improved nucleic acid product purity. Without wishing to be bound by any particular theory, the addition of a second UGI domain may substantially decrease the access of UDG to the G:U base editing intermediate, thereby improving the efficiency of the base editing.
- Some aspects of the disclosure are based on the recognition that any of the base editors provided herein are capable of modifying a specific nucleotide base without generating a significant proportion of indels. An “indel”, as used herein, refers to the insertion or deletion of a nucleotide base within a nucleic acid. Such insertions or deletions can lead to frame shift mutations within a coding region of a gene. In some embodiments, it is desirable to generate base editors that efficiently modify (e.g. mutate or deaminate) a specific nucleotide within a nucleic acid, without generating insertions or deletions (i.e., indels) in the nucleic acid. In certain embodiments, any of the base editors provided herein are capable of generating a greater proportion of intended modifications (e.g., point mutations or deaminations) versus indels.
- In certain embodiments, any of the base editors provided herein are capable of generating a certain percentage of desired mutations. In some embodiments, the desired mutation is a C to T mutation. In some embodiments, the desired mutation is a C to A mutation, In some embodiments, the desired mutation is a C to G mutation. In some embodiments, any of the base editors provided herein are capable of generating at least 1% of desired mutations. In some embodiments, any of the base editors provided herein are capable of generating at least 1%, 2%, 3%, 4%, 5%, 10%, 15%, 20%, 25%, 30%, 40%, 45%, 50%, 60%, 70%, 80%, 90%, 95%, or 99% of desired mutations.
- Some aspects of the disclosure are based on the recognition that any of the base editors provided herein are capable of efficiently generating an intended mutation, such as a point mutation, in a nucleic acid (e.g. a nucleic acid within a genome of a subject) without generating a significant number of unintended mutations, such as unintended point mutations.
- In some embodiments, the deaminase domain of the fusion protein is fused to the N-terminus of the napDNAbp domain. In some embodiments, the UGI domain is fused to the C-terminus of the napDNAbp domain. In some embodiments, the napDNAbp and the nucleic acid editing domain are fused via a linker. In some embodiments, the napDNAbp domain and the UGI domain are fused via a linker. In some embodiments, a second UGI domain is fused to the C-terminus of a first UGI domain. In some embodiments, the first UGI domain and the second UGI domain are fused via a linker.
- In certain embodiments, linkers may be used to link any of the peptides or peptide domains of the invention. The linker may be as simple as a covalent bond, or it may be a polymeric linker many atoms in length. In certain embodiments, the linker is a polpeptide or based on amino acids. In other embodiments, the linker is not peptide-like. In certain embodiments, the linker is a covalent bond (e.g., a carbon-carbon bond, disulfide bond, carbon-heteroatom bond, etc.). In certain embodiments, the linker is a carbon-nitrogen bond of an amide linkage. In certain embodiments, the linker is a cyclic or acyclic, substituted or unsubstituted, branched or unbranched aliphatic or heteroaliphatic linker. In certain embodiments, the linker is polymeric (e.g., polyethylene, polyethylene glycol, polyamide, polyester, etc.). In certain embodiments, the linker comprises a monomer, dimer, or polymer of aminoalkanoic acid. In certain embodiments, the linker comprises an aminoalkanoic acid (e.g., glycine, ethanoic acid, alanine, beta-alanine, 3-aminopropanoic acid, 4-aminobutanoic acid, 5-pentanoic acid, etc.). In certain embodiments, the linker comprises a monomer, dimer, or polymer of aminohexanoic acid (Ahx). In certain embodiments, the linker is based on a carbocyclic moiety (e.g., cyclopentane, cyclohexane). In other embodiments, the linker comprises a polyethylene glycol moiety (PEG). In other embodiments, the linker comprises amino acids. In certain embodiments, the linker comprises a peptide. In certain embodiments, the linker comprises an aryl or heteroaryl moiety. In certain embodiments, the linker is based on a phenyl ring. The linker may included funtionalized moieties to facilitate attachment of a nucleophile (e.g., thiol, amino) from the peptide to the linker. Any electrophile may be used as part of the linker. Exemplary electrophiles include, but are not limited to, activated esters, activated amides, Michael acceptors, alkyl halides, aryl halides, acyl halides, and isothiocyanates.
- In some embodiments, the linker comprises the amino acid sequence (GGGGS)n (SEQ ID NO: 607), (G)n (SEQ ID NO: 608), (EAAAK)n (SEQ ID NO: 609), (GGS)n (SEQ ID NO:610), (SGGS)n (SEQ ID NO: 606), SGSETPGTSESATPES (SEQ ID NO: 604), (XP)n (SEQ ID NO: 611), SGGS(GGS)n (SEQ ID NO: 612), SGGSSGGSSGSETPGTSESATPESSGGSSGGS (SEQ ID NO: 605), or any combination thereof, wherein n is independently an integer between 1 and 30, and X is any amino acid. In some embodiments, the linker comprises the amino acid sequence (GGS)n (SEQ ID NO: 610), wherein n is 1, 3, or 7. In some embodiments, the linker comprises the amino acid sequence SGGS(GGS)n (SEQ ID NO: 612), wherein n is 2. In some embodiments, the linker comprises the amino acid sequence SGSETPGTSESATPES (SEQ ID NO: 604). In some embodiments, the linker comprises the amino acid sequence SGGSSGGSSGSETPGTSESATPESSGGSSGGS (SEQ ID NO: 605).
- In some embodiments, the fusion protein comprises the structure [nucleic acid editing domain]-[optional linker sequence]-[napDNAbp]-[optional linker sequence]-[UGI]. In some embodiments, the fusion protein comprises the structure [nucleic acid editing domain]-[optional linker sequence]-[UGI]-[optional linker sequence]-[napDNAbp]; [UGI]-[optional linker sequence]-[nucleic acid editing domain]-[optional linker sequence]-[napDNAbp]; [UGI]-[optional linker sequence]-[napDNAbp]-[optional linker sequence]-[nucleic acid editing domain]; [napDNAbp]-[optional linker sequence]-[UGI]-[optional linker sequence]-[nucleic acid editing domain]; [napDNAbp]-[optional linker sequence]-[nucleic acid editing domain]-[optional linker sequence]-[UGI]; or [nucleic acid editing domain]-[optional linker sequence]-[napDNAbp]-[optional linker sequence]-[first UGI]-[optional linker sequence]-[second UGI].
- In some embodiments, the nucleic acid editing domain comprises a deaminase. In some embodiments, the nucleic acid editing domain comprises a deaminase. In some embodiments, the deaminase is a cytidine deaminase. In some embodiments, the deaminase is an apolipoprotein B mRNA-editing complex (APOBEC) family deaminase. In some embodiments, the deaminase is an APOBEC1 deaminase, an APOBEC2 deaminase, an APOBEC3A deaminase, an APOBEC3B deaminase, an APOBEC3C deaminase, an APOBEC3D deaminase, an APOBEC3F deaminase, an APOBEC3G deaminase, an APOBEC3H deaminase, or an APOBEC4 deaminase. In some embodiments, the deaminase is an activation-induced deaminase (AID). In some embodiments, the deaminase is a cytidine deaminase 1 (CDA1). In some embodiments, the deaminase is a Lamprey CDA1 (pmCDA1) deaminase.
- In some embodiments, the deaminase is from a human, chimpanzee, gorilla, monkey, cow, dog, rat, or mouse. In some embodiments, the deaminase is from a human. In some embodiments the deaminase is from a rat. In some embodiments, the deaminase is a rat APOBEC1 deaminase comprising the amino acid sequence set forth in (SEQ ID NO: 76). In some embodiments, the deaminase is a human APOBEC1 deaminase comprising the amino acid sequence set forth in (SEQ ID NO: 74). In some embodiments, the deaminase is pmCDA1 (SEQ ID NO: 81). In some embodiments, the deaminase is human APOBEC3G (SEQ ID NO: 60). In some embodiments, the deaminase is a human APOBEC3G variant of any one of (SEQ ID NOs: 82-84). In some embodiments, the deaminase is at least 80%, at least 85%, at least 90%, at least 92%, at least 95%, at least 96%, at least 97%, at least 98%, at least 99%, or at least 99.5% identical to any one of the amino acid sequences set forth in SEQ ID NOs: 49-84.
- In some embodiments, the UGI domain comprises an amino acid sequence that is at least 80%, at least 85%, at least 90%, at least 92%, at least 95%, at least 96%, at least 97%, at least 98%, at least 99%, or at least 99.5% identical to SEQ ID NO: 134. In some embodiments, the UGI domain comprises the amino acid sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 134.
- Some aspects of this disclosure provide complexes comprising a napDNAbp fusion protein as provided herein, and a guide RNA bound to the napDNAbp.
- Some aspects of this disclosure provide methods of using the napDNAbp, fusion proteins, or complexes provided herein. For example, some aspects of this disclosure provide methods comprising contacting a DNA molecule (a) with a napDNAbp or a fusion protein as provided herein and with a guide RNA, wherein the guide RNA is about 15-100 nucleotides long and comprises a sequence of at least 10 contiguous nucleotides that is complementary to a target sequence; or (b) with a napDNAbp, a napDNAbp fusion protein, or a napDNAbp or napDNAbp complex with a gRNA as provided herein.
- Some aspects of this disclosure provide kits comprising a nucleic acid construct, comprising (a) a nucleotide sequence encoding a napDNAbp or a napDNAbp fusion protein as provided herein; and (b) a heterologous promoter that drives expression of the sequence of (a). In some embodiments, the kit further comprises an expression construct encoding a guide RNA backbone, wherein the construct comprises a cloning site positioned to allow the cloning of a nucleic acid sequence identical or complementary to a target sequence into the guide RNA backbone.
- Some aspects of this disclosure provide polynucleotides encoding a napDNAbp of a fusion protein as provided herein. Some aspects of this disclosure provide vectors comprising such polynucleotides. In some embodiments, the vector comprises a heterologous promoter driving expression of polynucleotide.
- Some aspects of this disclosure provide cells comprising a napDNAbp protein, a fusion protein, a nucleic acid molecule, and/or a vector as provided herein.
- It should be appreciated that any of the fusion proteins provided herein that include a Cas9 domain (e.g. Cas9, nCas9, or dCas9) may be replaced with any of the napDNAbp provided herein, for example CasX, CasY, Cpf1, C2c1, C2c2, C2c3, or Argonaute protein.
- The description of exemplary embodiments of the reporter systems above is provided for illustration purposes only and not meant to be limiting. Additional reporter systems, e.g., variations of the exemplary systems described in detail above, are also embraced by this disclosure.
- The summary above is meant to illustrate, in a non-limiting manner, some of the embodiments, advantages, features, and uses of the technology disclosed herein. Other embodiments, advantages, features, and uses of the technology disclosed herein will be apparent from the Detailed Description, the Drawings, the Examples, and the Claims.
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FIG. 1 shows the deaminase activity of deaminases on single stranded DNA substrates. Single stranded DNA substrates using randomized PAM sequences (NNN PAM) were used as negative controls. Canonical PAM sequences used include the (NGG PAM). -
FIG. 2 shows the activity of Cas9:deaminase fusion proteins on single stranded DNA substrates. -
FIG. 3 illustrates double stranded DNA substrate binding by Cas9:deaminase:sgRNA complexes. -
FIG. 4 illustrates a double stranded DNA deamination assay. -
FIG. 5 demonstrates that Cas9 fusions can target positions 3-11 of double-stranded DNA target sequences (numbered according to the schematic inFIG. 5 ). Upper Gel: 1 μM rAPOBEC1-GGS-dCas9, 125 nM dsDNA, 1 equivalent sgRNA. Mid Gel: 1 μM rAPOBEC1-(GGS)3 (SEQ ID NO: 610)-dCas9, 125 nM dsDNA, 1 equivalent sgRNA. Lower Gel: 1.85 μM rAPOBEC1-XTEN-dCas9, 125 nM dsDNA, 1 equivalent sgRNA. -
FIG. 6 demonstrates that the correct guide RNA, e.g., the correct sgRNA, is required for deaminase activity. -
FIG. 7 illustrates the mechanism of target DNA binding of in vivo target sequences by deaminase-dCas9:sgRNA complexes. -
FIG. 8 shows successful deamination of exemplary disease-associated target sequences. -
FIG. 9 shows in vitro C→T editing efficiencies using His6-rAPOBEC1-XTEN-dCas9. -
FIG. 10 shows C→T editing efficiencies in HEK293T cells is greatly enhanced by fusion with UGI. -
FIGS. 11A to 11C show NBE1 mediates specific, guide RNA-programmed C to U conversion in vitro.FIG. 11A : Nucleobase editing strategy. DNA with a target C at a locus specified by a guide RNA is bound by dCas9, which mediates the local denaturation of the DNA substrate. Cytidine deamination by a tethered APOBEC1 enzyme converts the target C to U. The resulting G:U heteroduplex can be permanently converted to an A:T base pair following DNA replication or repair. If the U is in the template DNA strand, it will also result in an RNA transcript containing a G to A mutation following transcription.FIG. 11B : Deamination assay showing an activity window of approximately five nucleotides. Following incubation of NBE1-sgRNA complexes with dsDNA substrates at 37° C. for 2 h, the 5′ fluorophore-labeled DNA was isolated and incubated with USER enzyme (uracil DNA glycosylase and endonuclease VIII) at 37° C. for 1 h to induce DNA cleavage at the site of any uracils. The resulting DNA was resolved on a denaturing polyacrylamide gel, and any fluorophore-linked strands were visualized. Each lane is labeled according to the position of the target C within the protospacer, or with “-” if no target C is present, counting the base distal from the PAM asposition 1.FIG. 11C : Deaminase assay showing the sequence specificity and sgRNA-dependence of NBE1. The DNA substrate with a target C atposition 7 was incubated with NBE1 as inFIG. 11B with either the correct sgRNA, a mismatched sgRNA, or no sgRNA. No C to U editing is observed with the mismatched sgRNA or with no sgRNA. The positive control sample contains a DNA sequence with a U synthetically incorporated atposition 7. -
FIGS. 12A to 12B show effects of sequence context and target C position on nucleobase editing efficiency in vitro.FIG. 12A : Effect of changing the sequence surrounding the target C on editing efficiency in vitro. The deamination yield of 80% of targeted strands (40% of total sequencing reads from both strands) for C7 in theprotospacer sequence 5′-TTATTTCGTGGATTTATTTA-3′(SEQ ID NO: 591) was defined as 1.0, and the relative deamination efficiencies of substrates containing all possible single-base mutations at positions 1-6 and 8-13 are shown. Values and error bars reflect the mean and standard deviation of two or more independent biological replicates performed on different days.FIG. 12B : Positional effect of each NC motif on editing efficiency in vitro. Each NC target motif was varied frompositions 1 to 8 within the protospacer as indicated in the sequences shown on the right (the PAM shown in red, the protospacer plus onebase 5′ to the protospacer are also shown). The percentage of total sequence reads containing T at each of the numbered target C positions following incubation with NBE1 is shown in the graph. Note that the maximum possible deamination yield in vitro is 50% of total sequencing reads (100% of targeted strands). Values and error bars reflect the mean and standard deviation of two or three independent biological replicates performed on different days.FIG. 12B depicts SEQ ID NOs: 619 through 626 from top to bottom, respectively. -
FIGS. 13A to 13C show nucleobase editing in human cells.FIG. 13A : Protospacer and PAM sequences of the six mammalian cell genomic loci targeted by nucleobase editors. Target Cs are indicated with subscripted numbers corresponding to their positions within the protospacer.FIG. 13A depicts SEQ ID NOs: 127 through 132 from top to bottom, respectively.FIG. 13B : HEK293T cells were transfected with plasmids expressing NBE1, NBE2, or NBE3 and an appropriate sgRNA. Three days after transfection, genomic DNA was extracted and analyzed by high-throughput DNA sequencing at the six loci. Cellular C to T conversion percentages, defined as the percentage of total DNA sequencing reads with Ts at the target positions indicated, are shown for NBE1, NBE2, and NBE3 at all six genomic loci, and for wt Cas9 with a donor HDR template at three of the six sites (EMX1,HEK293 site 3, and HEK293 site 4). Values and error bars reflect the mean and standard deviation of three independent biological replicates performed on different days.FIG. 13C : Frequency of indel formation, calculated as described in the Methods, is shown following treatment of HEK293T cells with NBE2 and NBE3 for all six genomic loci, or with wt Cas9 and a single-stranded DNA template for HDR at three of the six sites (EMX1,HEK293 site 3, and HEK293 site 4). Values reflect the mean of at least three independent biological replicates performed on different days. -
FIGS. 14A to 14C show NBE2- and NBE3-mediated correction of three disease-relevant mutations in mammalian cells. For each site, the sequence of the protospacer is indicated to the right of the name of the mutation, with the PAM and the base responsible for the mutation indicated in bold with a subscripted number corresponding to its position within the protospacer. The amino acid sequence above each disease-associated allele is shown, together with the corrected amino acid sequence following nucleobase editing in red. Underneath each sequence are the percentages of total sequencing reads with the corresponding base. Cells were nucleofected with plasmids encoding NBE2 or NBE3 and an appropriate sgRNA. Two days after nucleofection, genomic DNA was extracted and analyzed by HTS to assess pathogenic mutation correction.FIG. 14A : The Alzheimer's disease-associated APOE4 allele is converted to APOE3 ' in mouse astrocytes by NBE3 in 11% of total reads (44% of nucleofected astrocytes). Two nearby Cs are also converted to Ts, but with no change to the predicted sequence of the resulting protein (SEQ ID NO: 627).FIG. 14B The cancer-associated p53 N239D mutation is corrected by NBE2 in 11% of treated human lymphoma cells (12% of nucleofected cells) that are heterozygous for the mutation (SEQ ID NO: 628).FIG. 14C The p53 Y163C mutation is corrected by NBE3 in 7.6% of nucleofected human breast cancer cells (SEQ ID NO: 629). -
FIGS. 15A to 15D show effects of deaminase-dCas9 linker length and composition on nucleobase editing. Gel-based deaminase assay showing the deamination window of nucleobase editors with deaminase-Cas9 linkers of GGS (FIG. 15A ), (GGS)3 (SEQ ID NO: 610) (FIG. 15B ), XTEN (FIG. 15C ), or (GGS)7 (SEQ ID NO: 610) (FIG. 15D ). Following incubation of 1.85 μM editor-sgRNA complexes with 125 nM dsDNA substrates at 37° C. for 2 h, the dye-conjugated DNA was isolated and incubated with USER enzyme (uracil DNA glycosylase and endonuclease VIII) at 37° C. for an additional hour to cleave the DNA backbone at the site of any uracils. The resulting DNA was resolved on a denaturing polyacrylamide gel, and the dye-conjugated strand was imaged. Each lane is numbered according to the position of the target C within the protospacer, or with—if no target C is present. 8U is a positive control sequence with a U synthetically incorporated atposition 8. -
FIGS. 16A to 16B show NBE1 is capable of correcting disease-relevant mutations in vitro.FIG. 16A : Protospacer and PAM sequences of seven disease-relevant mutations. The disease-associated target C in each case is indicated with a subscripted number reflecting its position within the protospacer. For all mutations except both APOE4 SNPs, the target C resides in the template (non-coding) strand.FIG. 16A depicts SEQ ID NOs: 631 through 636 from top to bottom, respectively.FIG. 16B : Deaminase assay showing each dsDNA oligonucleotide before (−) and after (+) incubation with NBE1, DNA isolation, and incubation with USER enzymes to cleave DNA at positions containing U. Positive control lanes from incubation of synthetic oligonucleotides containing U at various positions within the protospacer with USER enzymes are shown with the corresponding number indicating the position of the U. -
FIG. 17 shows processivity of NBEL The protospacer and PAM of a 60-mer DNA oligonucleotide containing eight consecutive Cs is shown at the top. The oligonucleotide (125 nM) was incubated with NBE1 (2 μM) for 2 h at 37° C. The DNA was isolated and analyzed by high-throughput sequencing. Shown are the percent of total reads for the most frequent nine sequences observed. The vast majority of edited strands (>93%) have more than one C converted to T. This figure depicts SEQ ID NO: 309. -
FIGS. 18A to 18H show the effect of fusing UGI to NBE1 to generate NBE2. -
FIG. 18A : Protospacer and PAM sequences of the six mammalian cell genomic loci targeted with nucleobase editors. Editable Cs are indicated with labels corresponding to their positions within the protospacer.FIG. 18A depicts SEQ ID NOs: 127 through 132 from top to bottom, respectively.FIGS. 18B to 18G : HEK293T cells were transfected with plasmids expressing NBE1, NBE2, or NBE1 and UGI, and an appropriate sgRNA. Three days after transfection, genomic DNA was extracted and analyzed by high-throughput DNA sequencing at the six loci. Cellular C to T conversion percentages, defined as the percentage of total DNA sequencing reads with Ts at the target positions indicated, are shown for NBE1, NBE1 and UGI, and NBE2 at all six genomic loci.FIG. 18H : C to T mutation rates at 510 Cs surrounding the protospacers of interest for NBE1, NBE1 plus UGI on a separate plasmid, NBE2, and untreated cells are shown. The data show the results of 3,000,000 DNA sequencing reads from 1.5×106 cells. Values reflect the mean of at least two biological experiments conducted on different days. -
FIG. 19 shows nucleobase editing efficiencies of NBE2 in U2OS and HEK293T cells. Cellular C to T conversion percentages by NBE2 are shown for each of the six targeted genomic loci in HEK293T cells and U2OS cells. HEK293T cells were transfected usinglipofectamine 2000, and U2OS cells were nucleofected. U2OS nucleofection efficiency was 74%. Three days after plasmid delivery, genomic DNA was extracted and analyzed for nucleobase editing at the six genomic loci by HTS. Values and error bars reflect the mean and standard deviation of at least two biological experiments done on different days. -
FIG. 20 shows nucleobase editing persists over multiple cell divisions. Cellular C to T conversion percentages by NBE2 are displayed at two genomic loci in HEK293T cells before and after passaging the cells. HEK293T cells were transfected usingLipofectamine 2000. Three days post transfection, the cells were harvested and split in half. One half was subjected to HTS analysis, and the other half was allowed to propagate for approximately five cell divisions, then harvested and subjected to HTS analysis. -
FIG. 21 shows genetic variants from ClinVar that can be corrected in principle by nucleobase editing. The NCBI ClinVar database of human genetic variations and their corresponding phenotypes68 was searched for genetic diseases that can be corrected by current nucleobase editing technologies. The results were filtered by imposing the successive restrictions listed on the left. The x-axis shows the number of occurrences satisfying that restriction and all above restrictions on a logarithmic scale. -
FIG. 22 shows in vitro identification of editable Cs in six genomic loci. Synthetic 80-mers with sequences matching six different genomic sites were incubated with NBE1 then analyzed for nucleobase editing via HTS. For each site, the sequence of the protospacer is indicated to the right of the name of the site, with the PAM highlighted in red. Underneath each sequence are the percentages of total DNA sequencing reads with the corresponding base. A target C was considered as “editable” if the in vitro conversion efficiency is >10%. Note that maximum yields are 50% of total DNA sequencing reads since the non-targeted strand is not a substrate for nucleobase editing. This figure depicts SEQ ID NOs: 127 through 132 from top to bottom, respectively. -
FIG. 23 shows activities of NBE1, NBE2, and NBE3 at EMX1 off-targets. HEK293T cells were transfected with plasmids expressing NBE1, NBE2, or NBE3 and a sgRNA matching the EMX1sequence using Lipofectamine 2000. Three days after transfection, genomic DNA was extracted, amplified by PCR, and analyzed by high-throughput DNA sequencing at the on-target loci, plus the top ten known Cas9 off-target loci for the EMX1 sgRNA, as previously determined using the GUIDE-seq method55. EMX1 off-target 5 locus did not amplify and is not shown. Sequences of the on-target and off-target protospacers and protospacer adjacent motifs (PAMs) are displayed. Cellular C to T conversion percentages, defined as the percentage of total DNA sequencing reads with T at each position of an original C within the protospacer, are shown for NBE1, NBE2, and NBE3. On the far right are displayed the total number of sequencing reads reported for each sequence. This figure depicts SEQ ID NOs: 127, and 637 through 645 from top to bottom, respectively. -
FIG. 24 shows activities of NBE1, NBE2, and NBE3 at FANCF off-targets. HEK293T cells were transfected with plasmids expressing NBE1, NBE2, or NBE3 and a sgRNA matching the FANCFsequence using Lipofectamine 2000. Three days after transfection, genomic DNA was extracted, amplified by PCR, and analyzed by high-throughput DNA sequencing at the on-target loci, plus all of the known Cas9 off-target loci for the FANCF sgRNA, as previously determined using the GUIDE-seq method55. Sequences of the on-target and off-target protospacers and protospacer adjacent motifs (PAMs) are displayed. Cellular C to T conversion percentages, defined as the percentage of total DNA sequencing reads with T at each position of an original C within the protospacer, are shown for NBE1, NBE2, and NBE3. On the far right are displayed the total number of sequencing reads reported for each sequence. This figure depicts SEQ ID NOs: 128 and 646 through 653 from top to bottom, respectively. -
FIG. 25 shows activities of NBE1, NBE2, and NBE3 atHEK293 site 2 off-targets. HEK293T cells were transfected with plasmids expressing NBE1, NBE2, or NBE3 and a sgRNA matching theHEK293 site 2sequence using Lipofectamine 2000. Three days after transfection, genomic DNA was extracted, amplified by PCR, and analyzed by high-throughput DNA sequencing at the on-target loci, plus all of the known Cas9 off-target loci for theHEK293 site 2 sgRNA, as previously determined using the GUIDE-seq method55. Sequences of the on-target and off-target protospacers and protospacer adjacent motifs (PAMs) are displayed. Cellular C to T conversion percentages, defined as the percentage of total DNA sequencing reads with T at each position of an original C within the protospacer, are shown for NBE1, NBE2, and NBE3. On the far right are displayed the total number of sequencing reads reported for each sequence. This figure depicts SEQ ID NOs: 129, 654, and 655 from top to bottom, respectively. -
FIG. 26 shows activities of NBE1, NBE2, and NBE3 atHEK293 site 3 off-targets. HEK293T cells were transfected with plasmids expressing NBE1, NBE2, or NBE3 and a sgRNA matching theHEK293 site 3sequence using Lipofectamine 2000. Three days after transfection, genomic DNA was extracted, amplified by PCR, and analyzed by high-throughput DNA sequencing at the on-target loci, plus all of the known Cas9 off-target loci for theHEK293 site 3 sgRNA, as previously determined using the GUIDE-seq method.55 Sequences of the on-target and off-target protospacers and protospacer adjacent motifs (PAMs) are displayed. Cellular C to T conversion percentages, defined as the percentage of total DNA sequencing reads with T at each position of an original C within the protospacer, are shown for NBE1, NBE2, and NBE3. On the far right are displayed the total number of sequencing reads reported for each sequence. This figure depicts SEQ ID NOs: 130 and 656 through 660 from top to bottom, respectively. -
FIG. 27 shows activities of NBE1, NBE2, and NBE3 atHEK293 site 4 off-targets. HEK293T cells were transfected with plasmids expressing NBE1, NBE2, or NBE3 and a sgRNA matching theHEK293 site 4sequence using Lipofectamine 2000. Three days after transfection, genomic DNA was extracted, amplified by PCR, and analyzed by high-throughput DNA sequencing at the on-target loci, plus the top ten known Cas9 off-target loci for theHEK293 site 4 sgRNA, as previously determined using the GUIDE-seq method.55 Sequences of the on-target and off-target protospacers and protospacer adjacent motifs (PAMs) are displayed. Cellular C to T conversion percentages, defined as the percentage of total DNA sequencing reads with T at each position of an original C within the protospacer, are shown for NBE1, NBE2, and NBE3. On the far right are displayed the total number of sequencing reads reported for each sequence. This figure depicts SEQ ID NOs: 131 and 661 through 670 from top to bottom, respectively. -
FIG. 28 shows non-target C mutation rates. Shown here are the C to T mutation rates at 2,500 distinct cytosines surrounding the six on-target and 34 off-target loci tested, representing a total of 14,700,000 sequence reads derived from approximately 1.8×106 cells. -
FIGS. 29A to 29C show base editing in human cells.FIG. 29A shows possible base editing outcomes in mammalian cells. Initial editing resulted in a U:G mismatch. Recognition and excision of the U by uracil DNA glycosylase (UDG) initiated base excision repair (BER), which lead to reversion to the C:G starting state. BER was impeded by BE2 and BE3, which inhibited UDG. The U:G mismatch was also processed by mismatch repair (MMR), which preferentially repaired the nicked strand of a mismatch. BE3 nicked the non-edited strand containing the G, favoring resolution of the U:G mismatch to the desired U:A or T:A outcome.FIG. 29B shows HEK293T cells treated as described in the Materials and Methods in the Examples below. The percentage of total DNA sequencing read with Ts at the target positions indicated show treatment with BE1, BE2, or BE3, or for treatment with wt Cas9 with a donor HDR template.FIG. 29C shows frequency of indel formation following the treatment inFIG. 29B . Values are listed inFIG. 34 . ForFIGS. 29B and 29C , values and error bars reflect the mean and s.d. of three independent biological replicates performed on different days. -
FIGS. 30A to 30B show BE3-mediated correction of two disease-relevant mutations in mammalian cells. The sequence of the protospacer is shown to the right of the mutation, with the PAM and the target base in red with a subscripted number indicating its position within the protospacer. Underneath each sequence are the percentages of total sequencing reads with the corresponding base. Cells were treated as described in the Materials and Methods.FIG. 30A shows the Alzheimer's disease-associated APOE4 allele converted to APOE3r in mouse astrocytes by BE3 in 74.9% of total reads. Two nearby Cs were also converted to Ts, but with no change to the predicted sequence of the resulting protein. Identical treatment of these cells with wt Cas9 and donor ssDNA results in only 0.3% correction, with 26.1% indel formation. This figure depicts SEQ ID NOs: 671 and 627.FIG. 30B shows the cancer associated p53 Y163C mutation corrected by BE3 in 7.6% of nucleofected human breast cancer cells with 0.7% indel formation. Identical treatment of these cells with wt Cas9 and donor ssDNA results in no mutation correction with 6.1% indel formation. This figure depicts SEQ ID NOs: 672 and 629. -
FIG. 31 shows activities of BE1, BE2, and BE3 atHEK293 site 2 off-targets. HEK293T cells were transfected with plasmids expressing BE1, BE2, or BE3 and a sgRNA matching theHEK293 site 2sequence using Lipofectamine 2000. Three days after transfection, genomic DNA was extracted, amplified by PCR, and analyzed by high-throughput DNA sequencing at the on-target loci, plus all of the known Cas9 and dCas9 off-target loci for theHEK293 site 2 sgRNA, as previously determined by Joung and coworkers using the GUIDE-seq method (63), and Adli and coworkers using chromatin immunoprecipitation high-throughput sequencing (ChIP-seq) experiments (18). Sequences of the on-target and off-target protospacers and protospacer adjacent motifs (PAMs) are displayed. Cellular C to T conversion percentages, defined as the percentage of total DNA sequencing reads with T at each position of an original C within the protospacer, are shown for BE1, BE2, and BE3. On the far right are displayed the total number of sequencing reads reported, and the ChIP-seq signal intensity reported for each sequence. This figure depicts SEQ ID NOs: 129, 654, 655 and 673 to 677 from top to bottom, respectively. -
FIG. 32 shows activities of BE1, BE2, and BE3 atHEK293 site 3 off-targets. HEK293T cells were transfected with plasmids expressing BE1, BE2, or BE3 and a sgRNA matching theHEK293 site 3sequence using Lipofectamine 2000. Three days after transfection, genomic DNA was extracted, amplified by PCR, and analyzed by high-throughput DNA sequencing at the on-target loci, plus all of the known Cas9 off-target loci and the top five known dCas9 off-target loci for theHEK293 site 3 sgRNA, as previously determined by Joung and coworkers using the GUIDE-seq method54, and using chromatin immunoprecipitation high-throughput sequencing (ChIP-seq) experiments61. Sequences of the on-target and off-target protospacers and protospacer adjacent motifs (PAMs) are displayed. Cellular C to T conversion percentages, defined as the percentage of total DNA sequencing reads with T at each position of an original C within the protospacer, are shown for BE1, BE2, and BE3. On the far right are displayed the total number of sequencing reads reported, and the ChIP-seq signal intensity reported for each sequence. This figure depicts SEQ ID NOs: 130, 656 to 660 and 678-682 from top to bottom, respectively. -
FIG. 33 shows activities of BE1, BE2, and BE3 atHEK293 site 4 off-targets. HEK293T cells were transfected with plasmids expressing BE1, BE2, or BE3 and a sgRNA matching theHEK293 site 4sequence using Lipofectamine 2000. Three days after transfection, genomic DNA was extracted, amplified by PCR, and analyzed by high-throughput DNA sequencing at the on-target loci, plus the top ten known Cas9 off-target loci and the top five known dCas9 off-target loci for theHEK293 site 4 sgRNA, as previously determined using the GUIDE-seq method54, and using chromatin immunoprecipitation high-throughput sequencing (ChIP-seq) experiments61. Sequences of the on-target and off-target protospacers and protospacer adjacent motifs (PAMs) are displayed. Cellular C to T conversion percentages, defined as the percentage of total DNA sequencing reads with T at each position of an original C within the protospacer, are shown for BE1, BE2, and BE3. On the far right are displayed the total number of sequencing reads reported, and the ChIP-seq signal intensity reported for each sequence. This figure depicts SEQ ID NOs: 131, 661 to 670, 683 and 684 from top to bottom, respectively. -
FIG. 34 shows mutation rates of non-protospacer bases following BE3-mediated correction of the Alzheimer's disease-associated APOE4 allele to APOE3r in mouse astrocytes. The DNA sequence of the 50 bases on either side of the protospacer fromFIG. 30A andFIG. 34B is shown with each base's position relative to the protospacer. The side of the protospacer distal to the PAM is designated with positive numbers, while the side that includes the PAM is designated with negative numbers, with the PAM. Underneath each sequence are the percentages of total DNA sequencing reads with the corresponding base for untreated cells, for cells treated with BE3 and an sgRNA targeting the APOE4 C158R mutation, or for cells treated with BE3 and an sgRNA targeting the VEGFA locus. Neither BE3-treated sample resulted in mutation rates above those of untreated controls. This figure depicts SEQ ID NOs: 685 to 688 from top to bottom, respectively. -
FIG. 35 shows mutation rates of non-protospacer bases following BE3-mediated correction of the cancer-associated p53 Y163C mutation in HCC1954 human cells. The DNA sequence of the 50 bases on either side of the protospacer fromFIG. 30B and FIG. 39Bis shown with each base's position relative to the protospacer. The side of the protospacer distal to the PAM is designated with positive numbers, while the side that includes the PAM is designated with negative numbers, with the PAM. Underneath each sequence are the percentages of total sequencing reads with the corresponding base for untreated cells, for cells treated with BE3 and an sgRNA targeting the TP53 Y163C mutation, or for cells treated with BE3 and an sgRNA targeting the VEGFA locus. Neither BE3-treated sample resulted in mutational rates above those of untreated controls. This figure depicts SEQ ID NOs: 689 to 692 from top to bottom, respectively. -
FIGS. 36A to 36F show the effects of deaminase, linker length, and linker composition on base editing.FIG. 36A shows a gel-based deaminase assay showing activity of rAPOBEC1, pmCDA1, hAID, hAPOBEC3G, rAPOBEC1-GGS-dCas9, rAPOBEC1-(GGS)3 (SEQ ID NO: 610)-dCas9, and dCas9-(GGS)3 (SEQ ID NO: 610)-rAPOBEC1 on ssDNA. Enzymes were expressed in a mammalian cell lysate-derived in vitro transcription-translation system and incubated with 1.8 μM dye-conjugated ssDNA and USER enzyme (uracil DNA glycosylase and endonuclease VIII) at 37° C. for 2 hours. The resulting DNA was resolved on a denaturing polyacrylamide gel and imaged. The positive control is a sequence with a U synthetically incorporated at the same position as the target C.FIG. 36B shows coomassie-stained denaturing PAGE gel of the expressed and purified proteins used inFIGS. 36C to 36F .FIGS. 36C to 36F show gel-based deaminase assay showing the deamination window of base editors with deaminase-Cas9 linkers of GGS (FIG. 36C ), (GGS)3 (SEQ ID NO: 610) (FIG. 36D ), XTEN (FIG. 36E ), or (GGS)7 (SEQ ID NO: 610) (FIG. 36F ). Following incubation of 1.85 μM deaminase-dCas9 fusions complexed with sgRNA with 125 nM dsDNA substrates at 37° C. for 2 hours, the dye-conjugated DNA was isolated and incubated with USER enzyme at 37° C. for 1 hour to cleave the DNA backbone at the site of any uracils. The resulting DNA was resolved on a denaturing polyacrylamide gel, and the dye-conjugated strand was imaged. Each lane is numbered according to the position of the target C within the protospacer, or with—if no target C is present. 8U is a positive control sequence with a U synthetically incorporated atposition 8. -
FIGS. 37A to 37C show BE1 base editing efficiencies are dramatically decreased in mammalian cells.FIG. 37A Protospacer and PAM sequences of the six mammalian cell genomic loci targeted by base editors. Target Cs are indicated in red with subscripted numbers corresponding to their positions within the protospacer.FIG. 37B shows synthetic 80-mers with sequences matching six different genomic sites were incubated with BE1 then analyzed for base editing by HTS. For each site, the sequence of the protospacer is indicated to the right of the name of the site, with the PAM. Underneath each sequence are the percentages of total DNA sequencing reads with the corresponding base. We considered a target C as “editable” if the in vitro conversion efficiency is >10%. Note that maximum yields are 50% of total DNA sequencing reads since the non-targeted strand is unaffected by BE1. Values are shown from a single experiment.FIG. 37C shows HEK293T cells were transfected with plasmids expressing BE1 and an appropriate sgRNA. Three days after transfection, genomic DNA was extracted and analyzed by high-throughput DNA sequencing at the six loci. Cellular C to T conversion percentages, defined as the percentage of total DNA sequencing reads with Ts at the target positions indicated, are shown for BE1 at all six genomic loci. Values and error bars of all data from HEK293T cells reflect the mean and standard deviation of three independent biological replicates performed on different days.FIG. 37A depicts SEQ ID NOs: 127 to 132 from top to bottom, respectively.FIG. 37B depicts SEQ ID NOs: 127 to 132 from top to bottom, respectively. -
FIG. 38 shows base editing persists over multiple cell divisions. Cellular C to T conversion percentages by BE2 and BE3 are shown forHEK293 sites HEK293 site -
FIGS. 39A to 39C show non-target C/G mutation rates. Shown here are the C to T and G to A mutation rates at 2,500 distinct cytosines and guanines surrounding the six on-target and 34 off-target loci tested, representing a total of 14,700,000 sequence reads derived from approximately 1.8×106 cells.FIGS. 39A and 39B show cellular non-target C to T and G to A conversion percentages by BE1, BE2, and BE3 are plotted individually against their positions relative to a protospacer for all 2,500 cytosines/guanines. The side of the protospacer distal to the PAM is designated with positive numbers, while the side that includes the PAM is designated with negative numbers.FIG. 39C shows average non-target cellular C to T and G to A conversion percentages by BE1, BE2, and BE3 are shown, as well as the highest and lowest individual conversion percentages. -
FIGS. 40A to 40B show additional data sets of BE3-mediated correction of two disease-relevant mutations in mammalian cells. For each site, the sequence of the protospacer is indicated to the right of the name of the mutation, with the PAM and the base responsible for the mutation indicated in red bold with a subscripted number corresponding to its position within the protospacer. The amino acid sequence above each disease-associated allele is shown, together with the corrected amino acid sequence following base editing. Underneath each sequence are the percentages of total sequencing reads with the corresponding base. Cells were nucleofected with plasmids encoding BE3 and an appropriate sgRNA. Two days after nucleofection, genomic DNA was extracted from the nucleofected cells and analyzed by HTS to assess pathogenic mutation correction.FIG. 40A shows the Alzheimer's disease-associated APOE4 allele is converted to APOE3r in mouse astrocytes by BE3 in 58.3% of total reads only when treated with the correct sgRNA. Two nearby Cs are also converted to Ts, but with no change to the predicted sequence of the resulting protein. Identical treatment of these cells with wt Cas9 and donor ssDNA results in 0.2% correction, with 26.7% indel formation.FIG. 40B shows the cancer-associated p53 Y163C mutation is corrected by BE3 in 3.3% of nucleofected human breast cancer cells only when treated with the correct sgRNA. Identical treatment of these cells with wt Cas9 and donor ssDNA results in no detectable mutation correction with 8.0% indel formation.FIGS. 40A to 40B depict SEQ ID NOs: 671, 627, 672 and 629. -
FIG. 41 shows a schematic representation of an exemplary USER (Uracil-Specific Excision Reagent) Enzyme-based assay, which may be used to test the activity of various deaminases on single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) substrates. -
FIG. 42 is a schematic of the pmCDA-nCas9-UGI-NLS construct and its activity at the HeK-3 site relative to the base editor (rAPOBEC1) and the negative control (untreated). This figure depicts SEQ ID NO: 693. -
FIG. 43 is a schematic of the pmCDA1-XTEN-nCas9-UGI-NLS construct and its activity at the HeK-3 site relative to the base editor (rAPOBEC1) and the negative control (untreated). This figure depicts SEQ ID NO: 694. -
FIG. 44 shows the percent of total sequencing reads with target C converted to T using cytidine deaminases (CDA) or APOBEC. -
FIG. 45 shows the percent of total sequencing reads with target C converted to A using deaminases (CDA) or APOBEC. -
FIG. 46 shows the percent of total sequencing reads with target C converted to G using deaminases (CDA) or APOBEC. -
FIG. 47 is a schematic of the huAPOBEC3G-XTEN-nCas9-UGI-NLS construct and its activity at the HeK-2 site relative to a mutated form (huAPOBEC3G*(D316R_D317R)-XTEN-nCas9-UGI-NLS, the base editor (rAPOBEC1) and the negative control (untreated). This figure depicts SEQ ID NO: 695. -
FIG. 48 shows the schematic of the LacZ construct used in the selection assay of Example 7. -
FIG. 49 shows reversion data from different plasmids and constructs. -
FIG. 50 shows the verification of lacZ reversion and the purification of reverted clones. -
FIG. 51 is a schematic depicting a deamination selection plasmid used in Example 7. -
FIG. 52 shows the results of a chloramphenicol reversion assay (pmCDA1 fusion). -
FIGS. 53A to 53B demonstrated DNA correction induction of two constructs. -
FIG. 54 shows the results of a chloramphenicol reversion assay (huAPOBEC3G fusion). -
FIG. 55 shows the activities of BE3 and HF-BE3 at EMX1 off-targets. The sequences, from top to bottom, correspond to SEQ ID NOs: 127 and 637-645. -
FIG. 56 shows on-target base editing efficiencies of BE3 and HF-BE3. -
FIG. 57 is a graph demonstrating that mutations affect cytidine deamination with varying degrees. Combinations of mutations that each slightly impairs catalysis allow selective deamination at one position over others. The FANCF site was GGAATC6C7C8TTC11TGCAGCACCTGG (SEQ ID NO: 128). -
FIG. 58 is a schematic depicting next generation base editors. -
FIG. 59 is a schematic illustrating new base editors made from Cas9 variants. -
FIG. 60 shows the base-edited percentage of different NGA PAM sites. -
FIG. 61 shows the base-edited percentage of cytidines using NGCG PAM EMX (VRER BE3) and the C1TC3C4C5ATC8AC10ATCAACCGGT (SEQ ID NO: 696) spacer. -
FIG. 62 shows the based-edited percentages resulting from different NNGRRT PAM sites. -
FIG. 63 shows the based-edited percentages resulting from different NNHRRT PAM sites. -
FIGS. 64A to 64C show the base-edited percentages resulting from different TTTN PAM sites using Cpf1 BE2. The spacers used were: TTTCCTC3C4C5C6C7C8C9AC11AGGTAGAACAT (FIG. 64A , SEQ ID NO: 697), TTTCC1C2TC4TGTC8C9AC11ACCCTCATCCTG (FIG. 64B , SEQ ID NO: 698), and TTTCC1C2C3AGTC7C8TC10C11ACBAC15C16C17TGAAAC (FIG. 64C , SEQ ID NO: 699). -
FIG. 65 is a schematic depicting selective deamination as achieved through kinetic modulation of cytidine deaminase point mutagenesis. -
FIG. 66 is a graph showing the effect of various mutations on the deamination window probed in cell culture with multiple cytidines in the spacer. The spacer used was: TGC3C4C5C6TC8C9C10TC12C13C14TGGCCC (SEQ ID NO: 700). -
FIG. 67 is a graph showing the effect of various mutations on the deamination window probed in cell culture with multiple cytidines in the spacer. The spacer used was: AGAGC5C6C7C8C9C10C11TC13AAAGAGA (SEQ ID NO: 701). -
FIG. 68 is a graph showing the effect of various mutations on the FANCF site with a limited number of cytidines. The spacer used was: GGAATC6C7C8TTC11TGCAGCACCTGG (SEQ ID NO: 128). Note that the triple mutant (W90Y, R126E, R132E) preferentially edits the cytidine at the sixth position. -
FIG. 69 is a graph showing the effect of various mutations on the HEK3 site with a limited number of cytidines. The spacer used was: GGCC4C5AGACTGAGCACGTGATGG (SEQ ID NO: 702). Note that the double and triple mutants preferentially edit the cytidine at the fifth position over the cytidine in the fourth position. -
FIG. 70 is a graph showing the effect of various mutations on the EMX1 site with a limited number of cytidines. The spacer used was: GAGTC5C6GAGCAGAAGAAGAAGGG (SEQ ID NO: 703). Note that the triple mutant only edits the cytidine at the fifth position, not the sixth. -
FIG. 71 is a graph showing the effect of various mutations on the HEK2 site with a limited number of cytidines. The spacer used was: GAAC4AC6AAAGCATAGACTGCGGG (SEQ ID NO: 704). -
FIG. 72 shows on-target base editing efficiencies of BE3 and BE3 comprising mutations W90Y R132E in immortalized astrocytes. -
FIG. 73 depicts a schematic of three Cpf1 fusion constructs. -
FIG. 74 shows a comparison of plasmid delivery of BE3 and HF-BE3 (EMX1, FANCF, and RNF2). -
FIG. 75 shows a comparison of plasmid delivery of BE3 and HF-BE3 (HEK3 and HEK 4). -
FIG. 76 shows off-target editing of EMX-1 at all 10 sites. This figure depicts SEQ ID NOs: 127 and 637-645 -
FIG. 77 shows deaminase protein lipofection to HEK cells using a GAGTCCGAGCAGAAGAAGAAG (SEQ ID NO: 705) spacer. The EMX-1 on-target and EMX-1 offtarget site 2 were examined. -
FIG. 78 shows deaminase protein lipofection to HEK cells using a GGAATCCCTTCTGCAGCACCTGG (SEQ ID NO: 706) spacer. The FANCF on target and FANCF offtarget site 1 were examined. -
FIG. 79 shows deaminase protein lipofection to HEK cells using a GGCCCAGACTGAGCACGTGA (SEQ ID NO: 707) spacer. The HEK-3 on target site was examined. -
FIG. 80 shows deaminase protein lipofection to HEK cells using a GGCACTGCGGCTGGAGGTGGGGG (SEQ ID NO: 708) spacer. The HEK-4 on target, offtarget site 1,site 3, andsite 4. -
FIG. 81 shows the results of an in vitro assay for sgRNA activity for sgHR_13 (GTCAGGTCGAGGGTTCTGTC (SEQ ID NO: 709) spacer; C8 target: G51 to STOP), sgHR_14 (GGGCCGCAGTATCCTCACTC (SEQ ID NO: 710) spacer; C7 target; C7 target: Q68 to STOP), and sgHR_15 (CCGCCAGTCCCAGTACGGGA (SEQ ID NO: 711) spacer; C10 and C11 are targets: W239 or W237 to STOP). -
FIG. 82 shows the results of an in vitro assay for sgHR_17 (CAACCACTGCTCAAAGATGC (SEQ ID NO: 712) spacer; C4 and C5 are targets: W410 to STOP), and sgHR_16 (CTTCCAGGATGAGAACACAG (SEQ ID NO: 713) spacer; C4 and C5 are targets: W273 to STOP). -
FIG. 83 shows the direct injection of BE3 protein complexed with sgHR_13 in zebrafish embryos. -
FIG. 84 shows the direct injection of BE3 protein complexed with sgHR_16 in zebrafish embryos. -
FIG. 85 shows the direct injection of BE3 protein complexed with sgHR_17 in zebrafish embryos. -
FIG. 86 shows exemplary nucleic acid changes that may be made using base editors that are capable of making a cytosine to thymine change. -
FIG. 87 shows an illustration of apolipoprotein E (APOE) isoforms, demonstrating how a base editor (e.g., BE3) may be used to edit one APOE isoform (e.g., APOE4) into another APOE isoform (e.g., APOE3r) that is associated with a decreased risk of Alzheimer's disease. -
FIG. 88 shows base editing of APOE4 to APOE3r in mouse astrocytes. This figure depicts SEQ ID Nos: 671 and 627. -
FIG. 89 shows base editing of PRNP to cause early truncation of the protein atarginine residue 37. This figure depicts SEQ ID Nos: 577 and 714. -
FIG. 90 shows that knocking out UDG (which UGI inhibits) dramatically improves the cleanliness of efficiency of C to T base editing. -
FIG. 91 shows that use of a base editor with the nickase but without UGI leads to a mixture of outcomes, with very high indel rates. -
FIGS. 92A to 92G show that SaBE3, SaKKH-BE3, VQR-BE3, EQR-BE3, and VRER-BE3 mediate efficient base editing at target sites containing non-NGG PAMs in human cells.FIG. 92A shows base editor architectures using S. pyogenes and S. aureus Cas9.FIG. 92B shows recently characterized Cas9 variants with alternate or relaxed PAM requirements.FIGS. 92C and 92D show HEK293T cells treated with the base editor variants shown as described in Example 12. The percentage of total DNA sequencing reads (with no enrichment for transfected cells) with C converted to T at the target positions indicated are shown. The PAM sequence of each target tested is shown below the X-axis. The charts show the results for SaBE3 and SaKKH-BE3 at genomic loci with NNGRRT PAMs (FIG. 92C ), SaBE3 and SaKKH-BE3 at genomic loci with NNNRRT PAMs (FIG. 92D ), VQR-BE3 and EQR-BE3 at genomic loci with NGAG PAMs (FIG. 92E ), and with NGAH PAMs (FIG. 92F ), and VRER-BE3 at genomic loci with NGCG PAMs (FIG. 92G ). Values and error bars reflect the mean and standard deviation of at least two biological replicates. -
FIGS. 93A to 93C demonstrate that base editors with mutations in the cytidine deaminase domain exhibit narrowed editing windows.FIGS. 93A to 93C show HEK293T cells transfected with plasmids expressing mutant base editors and an appropriate sgRNA. Three days after transfection, genomic DNA was extracted and analyzed by high-throughput DNA sequencing at the indicated loci. The percentage of total DNA sequencing reads (without enrichment for transfected cells) with C changed to T at the target positions indicated are shown for the EMX1 site (SEQ ID NO: 721), HEK293 site 3 (SEQ ID NO: 719), FANCF site (SEQ ID NO: 722), HEK293 site 2 (SEQ ID NO: 720), site A (SEQ ID NO: 715), and site B (SEQ ID NO: 718) loci.FIG. 93A illustrates certain cytidine deaminase mutations which narrow the base editing window. SeeFIG. 98 for the characterization of additional mutations.FIG. 93B shows the effect of cytidine deaminase mutations which effect the editing window width on genomic loci. Combining beneficial mutations has an additive effect on narrowing the editing window.FIG. 93C shows that YE1-BE3, YE2-BE3, EE-BE3, and YEE-BE3 effect the product distribution of base editing, producing predominantly singly-modified products in contrast with BE3. Values and error bars reflect the mean and standard deviation of at least two biological replicates. -
FIGS. 94A and 94B show genetic variants from ClinVar that in principle can be corrected by the base editors developed in this work. The NCBI ClinVar database of human genetic variations and their corresponding phenotypes was searched for genetic diseases that in theory can be corrected by base editing.FIG. 94A demonstrates improvement in base editing targeting scope among all pathogenic T→C mutations in the ClinVar database through the use of base editors with altered PAM specificities. The white fractions denote the proportion of pathogenic T→C mutations accessible on the basis of the PAM requirements of either BE3, or BE3 together with the five modified-PAM base editors developed in this work.FIG. 94B shows improvement in base editing targeting scope among all pathogenic T→C mutations in the ClinVar database through the use of base editors with narrowed activity windows. BE3 was assumed to edit Cs in positions 4-8 with comparable efficiency as shown inFIGS. 93A to 93C . YEE-BE3 was assumed to edit with C5>C6>C7>others preference within its activity window. The white fractions denote the proportion of pathogenic T→C mutations that can be edited BE3 without comparable editing of other Cs (left), or that can be edited BE3 or YEE-BE3 without comparable editing of other Cs (right). -
FIGS. 95A to 95B show the effect of truncated guide RNAs on base editing window width. HEK293T cells were transfected with plasmids expressing BE3 and sgRNAs of different 5′ truncation lengths. The treated cells were analyzed as described in the Examples.FIG. 95A shows protospacer and PAM sequence (top, SEQ ID NO: 715) and cellular C to T conversion percentages, defined as the percentage of total DNA sequencing reads with Ts at the target positions indicated, at a site within the EMX1 genomic locus. At this site, the base editing window was altered through the use of a 17-nt truncated gRNA.FIG. 95B shows protospacer and PAM sequences (top, SEQ ID NOs: 715 and 716) and cellular C to T conversion percentages, defined as the percentage of total DNA sequencing reads with Ts at the target positions indicated, at sites within theHEK site 3 andsite 4 genomic loci. At these sites, no change in the base editing window was observed, but a linear decrease in editing efficiency for all substrate bases as the sgRNA is truncated was noted. -
FIG. 96 shows the effect of APOBEC1-Cas9 linker lengths on base editing window width. HEK293T cells were transfected with plasmids expressing base editors with rAPOBEC1-Cas9 linkers of XTEN, GGS, (GGS)3 (SEQ ID NO: 610), (GGS)5 (SEQ ID NO: 610), or (GGS)7 (SEQ ID NO: 610) and an sgRNA. The treated cells were analyzed as described in the Examples. Cellular C to T conversion percentages, defined as the percentage of total DNA sequencing reads with Ts at the target positions indicated, are shown for the various base editors with different linkers. -
FIGS. 97A to 97C show the effect of rAPOBEC mutations on base editing window width.FIG. 97C shows HEK293T cells transfected with plasmids expressing an sgRNA targeting either Site A or Site B and the BE3 point mutants indicated. The treated cells were analyzed as described in the Examples. All C's in the protospacer and within three basepairs of the protospacer are displayed and the cellular C to T conversion percentages are shown. The ‘editing window widths’, defined as the calculated number of nucleotides within which editing efficiency exceeds the half-maximal value, are displayed for all tested mutants. -
FIG. 98 shows the effect of APOBEC1 mutation son product distributions of base editing in mammalian cells. HEK293T cells were transfected with plasmids expressing BE3 or its mutants and an appropriate sgRNAs. The treated cells were analyzed as described in the Examples. Cellular C to T conversion percentages, defined as the percentage of total DNA sequencing reads with Ts at the target positions indicated, are shown (left). Percent of total sequencing reads containing the C to T conversion is shown on the right. The BE3 point mutants do not significantly affect base editing efficiencies atHEK site 4, a site with only one target cytidine. -
FIG. 99 shows a comparison of on-target editing plasma delivery in BE3 and HF-BE3. -
FIG. 100 shows a comparison of on-target editing in protein and plasma delivery of BE3. -
FIG. 101 shows a comparison of on-target editing in protein and plasma devliery of HF-BE3. -
FIG. 102 shows that both lipofection and installing HF mutations decrease off-target deamination events. The diamond indicates no off targets were detected and the specificity ratio was set to 100. -
FIG. 103 shows in vitro C to T editing on a synthetic substrate with Cs placed at even positions in the protospacer (NNNNTC2TC4TC6TC8TC10TC12TC14TC16TC18TC20NGG, SEQ ID NO: 723). -
FIG. 104 shows in vitro C to T editing on a synthetic substrate with Cs placed at odd positions in the protospacer (NNNNTC2TC4TC6TC8TC10TC12TC14TC16TC18TC20NGG, SEQ ID NO: 723). -
FIG. 105 includes two graphs depicting the specificity ratio of base editing with plasmid vs. protein delivery. -
FIGS. 106A to 106B shows BE3 activity on non-NGG PAM sites. HEK293T cells were transfected with plasmids expressing BE3 and appropriate sgRNA. The treated cells were analyzed as described in the Examples.FIG. 106A shows BE3 activity on sites can be efficiently targeted by SaBE3 or SaKKH-BE3. BE3 shows low but significant activity on the NAG PAM. This figure depicts SEQ ID NOs: 728 and 729.FIG. 106B shows BE3 has significantly reduced editing at sites with NGA or NGCG PAMs, in contrast to VQR-BE3 or VRER-BE3. This figure depicts SEQ ID NOs: 730 and 731. -
FIGS. 107A to 107B show the effect of APOBEC1 mutations on VQR-BE3 and SaKKH-BE3. HEK293T cells were transfected with plasmids expressing VQR-BE3, SaKKH-BE3 or its mutants and an appropriate sgRNAs. The treated cells were analyzed as described in the Examples below. Cellular C to T conversion percentages, defined as the percentage of total DNA sequencing reads with Ts at the target positions indicated, are shown.FIG. 107A shows that the window-modulating mutations can be applied to VQR-BE3 to enable selective base editing at sites targetable by NGA PAM. This figure depicts SEQ ID NOs: 732 and 733.FIG. 107B shows that, when applied to SaKKH-BE3, the mutations cause overall decrease in base editing efficiency without conferring base selectivity within the target window. This figure depicts SEQ ID NOs: 728 and 734. -
FIG. 108 shows a schematic representation of nucleotide editing. The following abbreviations are used: (MMR)—mismatch repair, (BE3 Nickase)—refers tobase editor 3, which comprises a Cas9 nickase domain, (UGI)—uracil glycosylase inhibitor, (UDG)—uracil DNA glycosylase, (APOBEC)—refers to an APOBEC cytidine deaminase. -
FIG. 109 shows schematic representations of exemplary base editing constructs. The structural arrangement of base editing constructs is shown for BE3, BE4-pmCDA1, BE4-hAID, BE4-3G, BE4-N, BE4-SSB, BE4-(GGS)3, BE4-XTEN, BE4-32aa, BE4-2×UGI, and BE4. Linkers are shown in grey (XTEN, SGGS (SEQ ID NO: 606), (GGS)3 (SEQ ID NO: 610), and 32aa). Deaminases are shown (rAPOBEC1, pmCDA1, hAID, and hAPOBEC3G). Uracil DNA Glycosylase Inhibitor (UGI) is shown. Single-stranded DNA binding protein (SSB) is shown in purple. Cas9 nickase, dCas9(A840H), is shown in red.FIG. 109 also shows the following target sequences: EMX1, FANCF, HEK2, HEK3, HEK4, and RNF2. The amino acid sequences are indicated in SEQ ID NOs: 127-132 from top to bottom. The PAM sequences are the last three nucleotides. The target cytosine (C) is numbered and indicated in red. -
FIG. 110 shows the base editing results for the indicated base editing constructs (BE3, pmCDA1 hAID, hAPOBEC3G, BE4-N, BE4-SSB, BE4-(GGS)3, BE-XTEN, BE4-32aa, and BE4-2×UGI) on the targeted cytoine (C5) of the EMX1 sequence, GAGTC5CGAGCAGAAGAAGAAGGG (SEQ ID NO: 127). The total percentage of targeted cytosines (C5) that were mutated is indicated for each base editing construct, under “C5”. The total percentage of indels is indicated for each base editing construct, under “indel”. The proportion of mutated cytosines that were mutated to an adenine (A), guanine (G), or thymine (T) are indicated for each base editing construct in the pie chart. -
FIG. 111 shows the base editing results for the indicated base editing constructs (BE3, pmCDA1 hAID, hAPOBEC3G, BE4-N, BE4-SSB, BE4-(GGS)3, BE-XTEN, BE4-32aa, and BE4-2×UGI) on the targeted cytoine (C8) of the FANCF sequence, GGAATCCC8TTCTGCAGCACCTGG (SEQ ID NO: 128). The total percentage of targeted cytosines (C8) that were mutated are indicated for each base editing construct, under “C8”. The total percentage of indels are indicated for each base editing construct, under “indel”. The proportion of mutated cytosines that were mutated to an adenine (A), guanine (G), or thymine (T) are indicated for each base editing construct in the pie chart. -
FIG. 112 shows the base editing results for the indicated base editing constructs (BE3, pmCDA1 hAID, hAPOBEC3G, BE4-N, BE4-SSB, BE4-(GGS)3, BE-XTEN, BE4-32aa, and BE4-2×UGI) on the targeted cytoine (C6) of the HEK2 sequence, GAACAC6AAAGCATAGACTGCGGG (SEQ ID NO: 129). The total percentage of targeted cytosines (C6) that were mutated are indicated for each base editing construct, under “C6”. The total percentage of indels are indicated for each base editing construct, under “indel”. The proportion of mutated cytosines that were mutated to an adenine (A), guanine (G), or thymine (T) are indicated for each base editing construct in the pie chart. -
FIG. 113 shows the base editing results for the indicated base editing constructs (BE3, pmCDA1 hAID, hAPOBEC3G, BE4-N, BE4-SSB, BE4-(GGS)3, BE-XTEN, BE4-32aa, and BE4-2×UGI) on the targeted cytoine (C5) of the HEK3 sequence, GGCCC5AGACTGAGCACGTGATGG (SEQ ID NO: 130). The total percentage of targeted cytosines (C5) that were mutated are indicated for each base editing construct, under “C5.”. The total percentage of indels are indicated for each base editing construct, under “indel”. The proportion of mutated cytosines that were mutated to an adenine (A), guanine (G), or thymine (T) are indicated for each base editing construct in the pie chart. -
FIG. 114 shows the base editing results for the indicated base editing constructs (BE3, pmCDA1 hAID, hAPOBEC3G, BE4-N, BE4-SSB, BE4-(GGS)3, BE-XTEN, BE4-32aa, and BE4-2×UGI) on the targeted cytoine (C5) of the HEK4 sequence, GGCAC5TGCGGCTGGAGGTCCGGG (SEQ ID NO: 131). The total percentage of targeted cytosines (C5) that were mutated are indicated for each base editing construct, under “C5.”. The total percentage of indels are indicated for each base editing construct, under “indel”. The proportion of mutated cytosines that were mutated to an adenine (A), guanine (G), or thymine (T) are indicated for each base editing construct in the pie chart. -
FIG. 115 shows the base editing results for the indicated base editing constructs (BE3, pmCDA1 hAID, hAPOBEC3G, BE4-N, BE4-SSB, BE4-(GGS)3, BE-XTEN, BE4-32aa, and BE4-2×UGI) on the targeted cytoine (C6) of the RNF2 sequence, GTCATC6TTAGTCATTACCTGAGG (SEQ ID NO: 132). The total percentage of targeted cytosines (C6) that were mutated are indicated for each base editing construct, under “C6.”. The total percentage of indels are indicated for each base editing construct, under “indel”. The proportion of mutated cytosines that were mutated to an adenine (A), guanine (G), or thymine (T) are indicated for each base editing construct in the pie chart. -
FIG. 116 shows exemplary fluorescent labeled (Cy3 labeled) DNA constructs used to test for Cpf1 mutants that nick the target strand. In the DNA construct of 1, both the non-target strand (top strand) and target strand (bottom strand) are fluorescently labeled. In the DNA construct of 2, the non-target strand (top strand) is fluorescently labeled and the target strand (bottom strand) is not fluorescently labeled. In the DNA construct of 3, the non-target strand (top strand) is not fluorescently labeled and the target strand (bottom strand) is fluorescently labeled. -
FIG. 117 shows data demonstrating the ability of various Cpf1 constructs (e.g., R836A, R1138A, wild-type) to cleave the target and non-target strands of the DNA constructs shown inFIG. 116 over the reaction time of either 30 minutes (30 min) or greater than two hours (2 h+). -
FIG. 118 shows data demonstrating that a base editor having the architecture, APOBEC-AsCpf1(R912A)-UGI is capable of editing C residues (e.g., of target sequences FANCF1, FANCF2, HEK3-3, and HEK3-4) having a window from the 7th to the 11th base of the target sequence. BG indicates background mutation levels (untreated). AsCpf1 indicates AsCpf1 only treated (control), APOBEC-AsCpf1(R912A)-UGI indicates a base editor containing a Cpf1 that preferentially cuts the target strand, and APOBEC-AsCpf1(R1225A)-UGI indicates a self-defeating base editor containing a Cpf1 that cuts the non-target strand. The target sequences of FANCF1, FANCF2, HEK3-3, and HEK3-4 are as follows: -
FANCF1 (SEQ ID NO: 724) GCGGATGTTCCAATCAGTACGCA FANCF2 (SEQ ID NO: 725) CGAGCTTCTGGCGGTCTCAAGCA HEK3-3 (SEQ ID NO: 726) TGCTTCTCCAGCCCTGGCCTGG HEK3-4 (SEQ ID NO: 727) AGACTGAGCACGTGATGGCAGAG -
FIG. 119 shows a schematic representation of a base editor comprising a Cpf1 protein (e.g., AsCpf1 or LbCpf1). Different linker sequences (e.g., XTEN, GGS, (GGS)3 (SEQ ID NO: 610), (GGS)5 (SEQ ID NO: 610), and (GGS)7 (SEQ ID NO: 610)) were tested for the portion labeled “linker,” results of which are shown inFIG. 120 . -
FIG. 120 shows data demonstrating the ability of the construct shown inFIG. 119 to edit the C8 residue of the HEK3 site TGCTTCTC8CAGCCCTGGCCTGG (SEQ ID NO: 592). Different linker sequences, which link the APOBEC domain to the Cpf1 domain (e.g., LbCpf1(R836A) or AsCpf1(R912A)) were tested. Exemplary linkers that were tested include XTEN, GGS, (GGS)3 (SEQ ID NO: 610), (GGS)5 (SEQ ID NO: 610), and (GGS)7 (SEQ ID NO: 610). -
FIG. 121 shows data demonstrating the ability of the construct shown inFIG. 119 , having the LbCpf1 domain, to edit the C8 and C9 residues of the HEK3 TGCTTCTC8C9AGCCCTGGCCTGG (SEQ ID NO: 592). Different linker sequences from a database maintained by the Centre of Integrative Bioinformatics VU, which link the APOBEC domain to the LbCpf1 domain were tested. Exemplary linkers that were tested include 1au7, 1c1k, 1c20, 1ee8, 1flz, 1ign, 1jmc, 1sfe, 2ezx, and 2reb. -
FIG. 122 shows a schematic representation of the structure of AsCpf1, where the N and C termini are indicated. -
FIG. 123 shows a schematic representation of the structure of SpCas9, where the N and C termini are indicated. -
FIG. 124 shows a schematic representation of AsCpf1, where the red circle indicates the predicted area where the editing window is. The square indicates a helical region that may be obstructing APOBEC activity. -
FIGS. 125A and 125B show engineering and in vitro characterization of a high fidelity base editor (HF-BE3).FIG. 125A shows a schematic representation of HF-BE3. Point mutations introduced into BE3 to generate HF-BE3 are shown. The representation used PDB structures 4UN3 (Cas9), 4ROV (cytidine deaminase) and 1UGI (uracil DNA glycosylase inhibitor).FIG. 125B shows in vitro deamination of synthetic substrates containing ‘TC’ repeat protospacers. Values and error bars reflect mean and range of two independent replicates performed on different days. -
FIGS. 126A to 126C show purification of base editor proteins.FIG. 126A shows selection of optimal E. coli strain for base editor expression. After IPTG-induced protein expression for 16 h at 18° C., crude cell lysate was analyzed for protein content. BL21 Star (DE3) (Thermo Fisher) cells showed the most promising post-expression levels of both BE3 and HF-BE3 and were used for expression of base editors.FIG. 126B shows purification of expressed base editor proteins. Placing the His6 tag on the C-terminus of the base editors lead to production of a truncation product for both BE3 and HF-BE3 (lanes 1 and 2). Unexpectedly, this truncation product was removed by placing the His6 tag on the N-terminus of the protein (lanes 3-6). Inducing expression of base editors at a cell density of OD600=0.7 (lanes 4-5), later than is optimal for Cas9 expression (OD600=0.4)1, improves yield of base editor proteins. Purification was performed using a manual HisPur resin column followed by cation exchange FPLC (Akta).FIG. 126C shows purified BE3 and HF-BE3. Different concentrations of purified BE3 and HF-BE3 were denatured using heat and LDS and loaded onto a polyacrylamide gel. Protein samples are representative of proteins used in this study. Gels inFIGS. 126A to 126C are BOLT Bis-Tris Plus 4-12% polyacrylamide (Thermo Fisher). Electrophoresis and staining were performed as described in Methods. -
FIGS. 127A to 127D show activity of a high fidelity base editor (HF-BE3) in human cells.FIGS. 127A to 127C show on- and off-target editing associated with plasmid transfection of BE3 and HF-BE3 was assayed using high-throughput sequencing of genomic DNA from HEK293T cells treated with sgRNAs targeting non-repetitive genomic loci EMX1 (FIG. 127A ), FANCF (FIG. 127B ), and HEK293 site 3 (FIG. 127C ). On- and off-target loci associated with each sgRNA are separated by a vertical line.FIG. 127D shows on- and off-target editing associated with the highly repetitive sgRNA targetingVEGFA site 2. Values and error bars reflect mean±S.D. of three independent biological replicates performed on different days. ForFIGS. 127A to 127C , stars indicate significant editing based on a comparison between the treated sample and an untreated control. *p≤0.05, **p≤0.01 and ***p≤0.001 (Student's two tailed t-test). ForFIG. 127D , asterisks are not shown since all treated samples displayed significant editing relative to the control. Individual p-values are listed in in Table 16. -
FIGS. 128A to 128C show the effect of dosage of BE3 protein or plasmid on the efficiency of on-target and off-target base editing in cultured human cells.FIG. 128A shows on-target editing efficiency at each of the four genomic loci was averaged across all edited cytosines in the activity window for each sgRNA. Values and error bars reflect mean±S.E.M of three independent biological replicates performed on different days.FIGS. 128B and 128C show on- and off-target editing at the EMX1 site arising from BE3 plasmid titration (FIG. 128B ) or BE3 protein titration (FIG. 128C ) in HEK293T cells. Values and error bars reflect mean±S.D. of three independent biological replicates performed on different days. -
FIGS. 129A to 129B show on-target:off-target base editing frequency ratios for plasmid and protein delivery of BE3 and HF-BE3. Base editing on-target:off-target specificity ratios were calculated by dividing the on-target editing percentage at a particular cytosine in the activity window by the off-target editing percentage at the corresponding cytosine for the indicated off-target locus (see Methods). When off-target editing was below the threshold of detection (0.025% of sequencing reads), we set the off-target editing to the limit of detection (0.025%) and divided the on-target editing percentage by this upper limit. In these cases, denoted by ♦, the specificity ratios shown represent lower limits. Specificity ratios are shown for non-repetitive sgRNAs FANCF, HEK 293site 3, and FANCF (FIG. 129A ) and for the highly repetitive sgRNA VEGFA site 2 (FIG. 129B ). Values and error bars reflect mean±S.D. of three independent biological replicates performed on different days. -
FIGS. 130A to 130D show protein delivery of base editors into cultured human cells.FIGS. 130A to 130D show on- and off-target editing associated with RNP delivery of base editors complexed with sgRNAs targeting EMX1 (FIG. 130A ), FANCF (FIG. 130B ), HEK293 site 3 (FIG. 130C ) and VEGFA site 2 (FIG. 130D ). Off-target base editing was undetectable at all of the sequenced loci for non-repetitive sgRNAs. Values and error bars reflect mean±S.D. of three independent biological replicates performed on different days. Stars indicate significant editing based on a comparison between the treated sample and an untreated control. *p≤0.05, **p≤0.01 and ***p≤0.001 (Student's two tailed t-test). -
FIGS. 131A to 131C show indel formation associated with base editing at genomic loci.FIG. 131A shows indel frequency at on-target loci forVEGFA site 2, EMX1, FANCF, andHEK293 site 3 sgRNAs.FIG. 131B shows the ratio of base editing:indel formation. The diamond (♦) indicates no indels were detected (no significant difference in indel frequency in the treated sample and in the untreated control).FIG. 131C shows indels observed at the off-target loci associated with the on-target sites interrogated inFIG. 131A . Values and error bars reflect mean±S.D. of three independent biological replicates performed on different days. -
FIGS. 132A to 132D show DNA-free in vivo base editing in zebrafish embryos and in the inner ear of live mice using RNP delivery of BE3.FIG. 132A shows on-target genome editing in zebrafish harvested 4 days after injection of BE3 complexed with indicated sgRNA. Values and error bars reflect mean±s.d. of three injected and three control zebrafish. Controls were injected with BE3 complexed with an unrelated sgRNA.FIG. 132B shows schematic showing in vivo injection of BE3:sgRNA complexes encapsulated into cationic lipid nanoparticlesFIG. 132C shows base editing of cytosine residues in the base editor window at theVEGFA site 2 genomic locus.FIG. 132D shows on-target editing at each cytosine in the base editing window of theVEGFA site 2 target locus.FIG. 132D (FIGS. 132C and 132D ) shows values and error bars reflect mean±S.E.M. of three mice injected with sgRNA targetingVEGFA Site 2, three uninjected mice and one mouse injected with unrelated sgRNA. -
FIGS. 133A to 133E show on- and off-target base editing in murine NIH/3T3 cells.FIG. 133A shows on-target base editing associated with the ‘VEGFA site 2’ sgRNA (SeeFIG. 132E for sequences). The negative control corresponds to cells treated with plasmid encoding BE3 but no sgRNA. Values and error bars reflect mean±S.D. of three independent biological replicates performed on different days.FIGS. 133B to 133E show off-target editing associated with this site was measured using high-throughput DNA sequencing at the top four predicted off-target loci for this sgRNA (sequences shown inFIG. 132E ).FIG. 133B shows off-target 2,FIG. 133C shows off-target 1,FIG. 133D shows off-target 3,FIG. 133E shows off-target 4. Values and error bars reflect mean±S.D. of three independent biological replicates performed on different days. -
FIGS. 134A to 134B show off-target base editing and on-target indel analysis from in vivo-edited murine tissue.FIG. 134A shows editing plotted for each cytosine in the base editing window of off-target loci associated withVEGFA site 2.FIG. 134B shows indel rates at the on-target base editor locus. Values and error bars reflect mean±S.E.M of three injected and three control mice. -
FIGS. 135A to 135C show the effects on base editing product purity of knocking out UNG.FIG. 135A shows HAP1 (UNG+) and HAP1 UNG− cells treated with BE3 as described in the Materials and Methods of Example 17. The product distribution among edited DNA sequencing reads (reads in which the target C is mutated) is shown.FIG. 135B shows protospacers and PAM sequences of the genomic loci tested, with the target Cs analyzed inFIG. 135A shown in red.FIG. 135C shows the frequency of indel formation following treatment with BE3 in HAP1 cells or HAP1 UNG− cells. Values and error bars reflect the mean±S.D. of three independent biological replicates performed on different days. -
FIGS. 136A to 136D show the effects of multi-C base editing on product purity.FIG. 136A shows representative high-throughput sequencing data of untreated, BE3-treated, and AID-BE3-treated human HEK293T cells. The sequence of the protospacer is shown at the top, with the PAM and the target Cs in red with subscripted numbers indicating their position within the protospacer. Underneath each sequence are the percentages of total sequencing reads with the corresponding base. The relative percentage of target Cs that are cleanly edited to T rather than to non-T bases is much higher for AID-BE3-treated cells, which edits three Cs at this locus, than for BE3-treated cells, which edits only one C.FIG. 136B shows HEK293T cells treated with BE3, CDA1-BE3, and AID-BE3 as described in the Materials and Methods of Example 17. The product distribution among edited DNA sequencing reads (reads in which the target C is mutated) is shown.FIG. 136C shows protospacers and PAM sequences of genomic loci studied, with the target Cs that are analyzed inFIG. 136B shown in red.FIG. 136D shows the frequency of indel formation following the treatment shown inFIG. 136A . Values and error bars reflect the mean±S.D. of three independent biological replicates performed on different days. -
FIGS. 137A to 137C show the effects on C-to-T editing efficiencies and product purities of changing the architecture of BE3.FIG. 137A shows protospacers and PAM sequences of genomic loci studied, with the target Cs inFIG. 137C shown in purple and red, and the target Cs inFIG. 137B shown in red.FIG. 137B shows HEK293T cells treated with BE3, SSB-BE3, N-UGI-BE3, and BE3-2×UGI as described in the Materials and Methods of Example 17. The product distribution among edited DNA sequencing reads (reads in which the target C is mutated) is shown for BE3, N-UGI-BE3, and BE3-2×UGI.FIG. 137C shows C-to-T base editing efficiencies. Values and error bars reflect the mean±S.D. of three independent biological replicates performed on different days. -
FIGS. 138A to 138D show the effects of linker length variation in BE3 on C-to-T editing efficiencies and product purities.FIG. 138A shows the architecture of BE3, BE3C, BE3D, and BE3EFIG. 138B shows protospacers and PAM sequences of genomic loci studied, with the target Cs inFIG. 138C shown in purple and red, and target Cs inFIG. 138D shown in red.FIG. 138C shows HEK293T cells treated with BE3, BE3C, BE3D, or BE3E as described in the Materials and Methods of Example 17. C-to-T base editing efficiencies are shown.FIG. 138D shows the product distribution among edited DNA sequencing reads (reads in which the target C is mutated) for BE3, BE3C, BE3D, and BE3E. Values and error bars reflect the mean±S.D. of three independent biological replicates performed on different days. -
FIGS. 139A to 139D show BE4 increases base editing efficiency and product purities compared to BE3.FIG. 139A shows the architectures of BE3, BE4, and Target-AID.FIG. 139B shows protospacers and PAM sequences of genomic loci studied, with the target Cs inFIG. 139C shown in purple and red, and the target Cs inFIG. 139D shown in red.FIG. 139C shows HEK293T cells treated with BE3, BE4, or Target-AID as described in the Materials and Methods of Example 17. C-to-T base editing efficiencies are shown.FIG. 139D shows the product distribution among edited DNA sequencing reads (reads in which the target C is mutated) for BE3 and BE4. Values and error bars reflect the mean±S.D. of three independent biological replicates performed on different days. -
FIGS. 140A to 140C show CDA1-BE3 and AID-BE3 edit Cs following target Gs more efficiently than BE3.FIG. 140A shows protospacer and PAM sequences of genomic loci studied, with target Cs edited by BE3, CDA1-BE3, and AID-BE3 shown in red, and target Cs (following Gs) edited by CDA1-BE3 and AID-BE3 only shown in purple.FIG. 140B shows HEK293T cells treated with BE3, CDA1-BE3, AID-BE3, or APOBEC3G-BE3 as described in the Materials and Methods of Example 17. C-to-T base editing efficiencies are shown.FIG. 140C shows individual DNA sequencing reads from HEK293T cells that were treated with BE3, CDA1-BE3, or AID-BE3 targeting the HEK2 locus and binned according to the sequence of the protospacer and analyzed, revealing that >85% of sequencing reads that have clean C to Tedits by CDA1-BE3 and AID-BE3 have both Cs edited to T (FIG. 140C ). -
FIGS. 141A to 141C show uneven editing in sites with multiple editable Cs results in lower product purity.FIG. 141A shows protospacers and PAM sequences of genomic loci studied, with the target Cs inFIG. 141C shown in purple and red, and target Cs inFIG. 141B shown in red.FIGS. 141B and 141C show HEK293T cells treated with BE3 as described in the Materials and Methods of Example 17. The product distribution among edited DNA sequencing reads (reads in which the target C is mutated) is shown. C to non-T editing is more frequent when editing efficiencies are unequal for two Cs within the same locus. Values and error bars reflect the mean±S.D. of three independent biological replicates performed on different days. -
FIGS. 142A to 142D show base editing of multiple Cs results in higher base editing product purity.FIG. 142A shows protospacers and PAM sequences of genomic loci studied, with the target Cs that are investigated inFIG. 142B shown in red.FIG. 142B shows HEK293T cells treated with BE3 or BE3B (which lacks UGI) as described in the Materials and Methods of Example 17. The product distribution among edited DNA sequencing reads (reads in which the target C is mutated) is shown.FIG. 142C shows the HTS reads from HEK293T cells that were treated with BE3 or BE3B (which lacks UGI) targeting the HEK2 locus were binned according to the identity of the primary target C atposition 6. The resulting reads were then analyzed for the identity of the base at the secondary target C atposition 4. C6 is more likely to be incorrectly edited to a non-T when there is only a single editing event in that read.FIG. 142D shows the distribution of edited reads with A, G, and T at C5 in cells treated with BE3 or BE3B targeting the HEK4 locus (a site with only a single editable C), illustrating that single G:U mismatches are processed via UNG-initiated base excision repair to give a mixture of products. Values and error bars reflect the mean±S.D. of three independent biological replicates performed on different days. -
FIG. 143 shows base editing of multiple Cs results in higher base editing product purity at the HEK3 and RNF2 loci. DNA sequencing reads from HEK293T cells treated with BE3 or BE3B (without UGI) targeting the HEK3 and RNF2 loci were separated according to the identity of the base at the primary target C position (in red). The four groups of sequencing reads were then interrogated for the identity of the base at the secondary target C position (in purple). For BE3, when the primary target C (in red) is incorrectly edited to G, the secondary target C is more likely to remain C. Conversely, when the primary target C (in red) is converted to T, the secondary target C is more likely to also be edited to a T in the same sequencing read. Values and error bars reflect the mean±S.D. of three independent biological replicates performed on different days. -
FIGS. 144A to 144C show BE4 induces lower indel frequencies than BE3, and Target-AID exhibits similar product purities as CDA1-BE3.FIG. 144A shows HEK293T cells treated with BE3, BE4, or Target-AID as described in the Materials and Methods of Example 17. The frequency of indel formation (see Materials and Methods of Example 17) is shown.FIG. 144B shows HEK293T cells treated with CDA1-BE3 or Target-AID as described in the Materials and Methods of Example 17. The product distribution among edited DNA sequencing reads (reads in which the target C is mutated) is shown.FIG. 144C shows protospacers and PAM sequences of genomic loci studied, with the target Cs that are investigated inFIG. 144B shown in red. Values and error bars reflect the mean±S.D. of three independent biological replicates performed on different days. -
FIGS. 145A to 145C show SaBE4 exhibits increased base editing yields and product purities compared to SaBE3.FIG. 145A shows HEK293T cells treated with SaBE3 and SaBE4 as described in the Materials and Methods of Example 17. The percentage of total DNA sequencing reads with Ts at the target positions indicated are shown.FIG. 145B shows protospacers and PAM sequences of genomic loci studied, with the target Cs inFIG. 145A shown in purple and red, with target Cs that are investigated inFIG. 145C shown in red.FIG. 145C shows the product distribution among edited DNA sequencing reads (reads in which the target C is mutated). Values and error bars reflect the mean±S.D. of three independent biological replicates performed on different days. -
FIG. 146 shows base editing outcomes from treatment with BE3, CDA1-BE3, AID-BE3, or APOBEC3G-BE3 at the EMX1 locus. The sequence of the protospacer is shown at the top, with the PAM and the target bases in red with a subscripted number indicating their positions within the protospacer. Underneath the sequence are the percentages of total sequencing reads with the corresponding base. Cells were treated as described in the Materials and Methods of Example 17. Values shown are from one representative experiment. -
FIG. 147 shows base editing outcomes from treatment with BE3, CDA1-BE3, AID-BE3, or APOBEC3G-BE3 at the FANCF locus. The sequence of the protospacer is shown at the top, with the PAM and the target bases in red with a subscripted number indicating their positions within the protospacer. Underneath the sequence are the percentages of total sequencing reads with the corresponding base. Cells were treated as described in the Materials and Methods of Example 17. Values shown are from one representative experiment. -
FIG. 148 shows base editing outcomes from treatment with BE3, CDA1-BE3, AID-BE3, or APOBEC3G-BE3 at the HEK2 locus. The sequence of the protospacer is shown at the top, with the PAM and the target bases in red with a subscripted number indicating their positions within the protospacer. Underneath the sequence are the percentages of total sequencing reads with the corresponding base. Cells were treated as described in the Materials and Methods of Example 17. Values shown are from one representative experiment. -
FIG. 149 shows base editing outcomes from treatment with BE3, CDA1-BE3, AID-BE3, or APOBEC3G-BE3 at the HEK3 locus. The sequence of the protospacer is shown at the top, with the PAM and the target bases in red with a subscripted number indicating their positions within the protospacer. Underneath the sequence are the percentages of total sequencing reads with the corresponding base. Cells were treated as described in the Materials and Methods of Example 17. Values shown are from one representative experiment. -
FIG. 150 shows base editing outcomes from treatment with BE3, CDA1-BE3, AID-BE3, or APOBEC3G-BE3 at the HEK4 locus. The sequence of the protospacer is shown at the top, with the PAM and the target bases in red with a subscripted number indicating their positions within the protospacer. Underneath the sequence are the percentages of total sequencing reads with the corresponding base. Cells were treated as described in the Materials and Methods of Example 17. Values shown are from one representative experiment. -
FIG. 151 shows base editing outcomes from treatment with BE3, CDA1-BE3, AID-BE3, or APOBEC3G-BE3 at the RNF2 locus. The sequence of the protospacer is shown at the top, with the PAM and the target bases in red with a subscripted number indicating their positions within the protospacer. Underneath the sequence are the percentages of total sequencing reads with the corresponding base. Cells were treated as described in the Materials and Methods of Example 17. Values shown are from one representative experiment. -
FIG. 152 shows a schematic of LBCpf1 fusion constructs.Construct 10 has a domain arrangement of [Apobec]-[LbCpf1]-[UGI]-[UGI]; construct 11 has a domain arrangement of [Apobec]-[LbCpf1]-[UGI]; construct 12 has a domain arrangement of [UGI]-[Apobec]-[LbCpf1]; construct 13 has a domain arrangement of [Apobec]-[UGI]-[LbCpf1]; construct 14 has a domain arrangement of [LbCpf1]-[UGI]-[Apobec]; construct 15 has a domain arrangement of [LbCpf1]-[Apobec]-[UGI]. For each construct three different LbCpf1 proteins were used (D/N/A, which refers to nuclease dead LbCpf1 (D); LbCpf1 nickase (N) and nuclease active LbCpf1 (A)). -
FIG. 153 shows the percentage of C to T editing of six C residues in the EMX target TTTGTAC3TTTGTC9C10TC12C13GGTTC18TG (SEQ ID NO: 738) using a guide of 19 nucleotides in length, i.e., EMX19: TACTTTGTCCTCCGGTTCT (SEQ ID NO: 744). Editing was tested for several of the constructs shown inFIG. 152 . -
FIG. 154 shows the percentage of C to T editing of six C residues in the EMX target TTTGTAC3TTTGTC9C10TC12C13GGTTC18TG (SEQ ID NO: 738) using a guide of 18 nucleotides in length, i.e., EMX18: TACTTTGTCCTCCGGTTC (SEQ ID NO: 745). Editing was tested for several of the constructs shown inFIG. 152 . -
FIG. 155 shows the percentage of C to T editing of six C residues in the EMX target TTTGTAC3TTTGTC9C10TC12C13GGTTC18TG (SEQ ID NO: 738) using a guide of 17 nucleotides in length, i.e., EMX17: TACTTTGTCCTCCGGTT (SEQ ID NO: 746). Editing was tested for several of the constructs shown inFIG. 152 . -
FIG. 156 shows the percentage of C to T editing of eight C residues in the HEK2 target TTTCC1AGC4C5C6GC8TGGC12C13C14TGTAAA (SEQ ID NO: 739) using a guide of 23 nucleotides in length, i.e., Hek2_23: CAGCCCGCTGGCCCTGTAAAGGA (SEQ ID NO: 747). Editing was tested for several of the constructs shown inFIG. 152 . -
FIG. 157 shows the percentage of C to T editing of eight C residues in the HEK2 target TTTCC1AGC4C5C6GC8TGGC12C13C14TGTAAA (SEQ ID NO: 739) using a guide of 20 nucleotides in length, i.e., Hek2_20: CAGCCCGCTGGCCCTGTAAA (SEQ ID NO: 748). Editing was tested for several of the constructs shown inFIG. 152 . -
FIG. 158 shows the percentage of C to T editing of eight C residues in the HEK2 target TTTCC1AGC4C5C6GC8TGGC12C13C14TGTAAA (SEQ ID NO: 739) using a guide of 19 nucleotides in length, i.e., Hek2_19: CAGCCCGCTGGCCCTGTAA (SEQ ID NO: 749). Editing was tested for several of the constructs shown inFIG. 152 . -
FIG. 159 shows the percentage of C to T editing of eight C residues in the HEK2 target TTTCC1AGC4C5C6GC8TGGC12C13C14TGTAAA (SEQ ID NO: 739) using a guide of 18 nucleotides in length, i.e., Hek2_18: CAGCCCGCTGGCCCTGTA (SEQ ID NO: 750). Editing was tested for several of the constructs shown inFIG. 152 . -
FIG. 160 shows the editing percentage values (after adjustment based on indel count), and the percentage of indels for the experiments depicted inFIG. 153 . -
FIG. 161 shows the editing percentage values (after adjustment based on indel count), and the percentage of indels for the experiments depicted inFIG. 154 . -
FIG. 162 shows the editing percentage values (after adjustment based on indel count), and the percentage of indels for the experiments depicted inFIG. 155 . -
FIG. 163 shows the editing percentage values (after adjustment based on indel count), and the percentage of indels for the experiments depicted inFIG. 156 . -
FIG. 164 shows the editing percentage values (after adjustment based on indel count), and the percentage of indels for the experiments depicted inFIG. 157 . -
FIG. 165 shows the editing percentage values (after adjustment based on indel count), and the percentage of indels for the experiments depicted inFIG. 158 . -
FIG. 166 shows the editing percentage values (after adjustment based on indel count), and the percentage of indels for the experiments depicted inFIG. 159 . - As used herein and in the claims, the singular forms “a,” “an,” and “the” include the singular and the plural reference unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. Thus, for example, a reference to “an agent” includes a single agent and a plurality of such agents.
- The term “nucleic acid programmable DNA binding protein” or “napDNAbp” refers to a protein that associates with a nucleic acid (e.g., DNA or RNA), such as a guide nucleic acid (e.g., gRNA), that guides the napDNAbp to a specific nucleic acid sequence, for example, by hybridinzing to the target nucleic acid sequence. For example, a Cas9 protein can associate with a guide RNA that guides the Cas9 protein to a specific DNA sequence is has complementary to the guide RNA. In some embodiments, the napDNAbp is a
class 2 microbial CRISPR-Cas effector. In some embodiments, the napDNAbp is a Cas9 domain, for example, a nuclease active Cas9, a Cas9 nickase (nCas9), or a nuclease inactive Cas9 (dCas9). Examples of nucleic acid programmable DNA binding proteins include, without limitation, Cas9 (e.g., dCas9 and nCas9), CasX, CasY, Cpf1, C2c1, C2c2, C2C3, and Argonaute. It should be appreciated, however, that nucleic acid programmable DNA binding proteins also include nucleic acid programmable proteins that bind RNA. For example, the napDNAbp may be associated with a nucleic acid that guides the napDNAbp to an RNA. Other nucleic acid programmable DNA binding proteins are also within the scope of this disclosure, though they may not be specifically described in this disclosure. - In some embodiments, the napDNAby is an “RNA-programmable nuclease” or “RNA-guided nuclease.” The terms are used interchangeably herein and refer to a nuclease that forms a complex with (e.g., binds or associates with) one or more RNA(s) that is not a target for cleavage. In some embodiments, an RNA-programmable nuclease, when in a complex with an RNA, may be referred to as a nuclease:RNA complex. Typically, the bound RNA(s) is referred to as a guide RNA (gRNA). gRNAs can exist as a complex of two or more RNAs, or as a single RNA molecule. gRNAs that exist as a single RNA molecule may be referred to as single-guide RNAs (sgRNAs), though “gRNA” is also used to refer to guide RNAs that exist as either single molecules or as a complex of two or more molecules. Typically, gRNAs that exist as a single RNA species comprise two domains: (1) a domain that shares homology to a target nucleic acid (i.e., directs binding of a Cas9 complex to the target); and (2) a domain that binds a Cas9 protein. In some embodiments, domain (2) corresponds to a sequence known as a tracrRNA and comprises a stem-loop structure. In some embodiments, domain (2) is identical or homologous to a tracrRNA as provided in Jinek et al., Science 337:816-821 (2012), the entire contents of which is incorporated herein by reference. Other examples of gRNAs (e.g., those including domain 2) can be found in U.S. Provisional patent application, U.S. Ser. No. 61/874,682, filed Sep. 6, 2013, entitled “Switchable Cas9 Nucleases And Uses Thereof,” and U.S. Provisional patent application, U.S. Ser. No. 61/874,746, filed Sep. 6, 2013, entitled “Delivery System For Functional Nucleases,” the entire contents of each are hereby incorporated by reference in their entirety. In some embodiments, a gRNA comprises two or more of domains (1) and (2), and may be referred to as an “extended gRNA.” For example, an extended gRNA will bind two or more Cas9 proteins and bind a target nucleic acid at two or more distinct regions, as described herein. The gRNA comprises a nucleotide sequence that complements a target site, which mediates binding of the nuclease/RNA complex to said target site, providing the sequence specificity of the nuclease:RNA complex. In some embodiments, the RNA-programmable nuclease is the (CRISPR-associated system) Cas9 endonuclease, for example, Cas9 (Csn1) from Streptococcus pyogenes (see, e.g., “Complete genome sequence of an M1 strain of Streptococcus pyogenes.” Ferretti J. J., McShan W. M., Ajdic D. J., Savic D. J., Savic G., Lyon K., Primeaux C., Sezate S., Suvorov A. N., Kenton S., Lai H. S., Lin S. P., Qian Y., Jia H. G., Najar F. Z., Ren Q., Zhu H., Song L., White J., Yuan X., Clifton S. W., Roe B. A., McLaughlin R. E., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 98:4658-4663 (2001); “CRISPR RNA maturation by trans-encoded small RNA and host factor RNase III.” Deltcheva E., Chylinski K., Sharma C. M., Gonzales K., Chao Y., Pirzada Z. A., Eckert M. R., Vogel J., Charpentier E., Nature 471:602-607 (2011); and “A programmable dual-RNA-guided DNA endonuclease in adaptive bacterial immunity.” Jinek M., Chylinski K., Fonfara I., Hauer M., Doudna J. A., Charpentier E. Science 337:816-821 (2012), the entire contents of each of which are incorporated herein by reference.
- In some embodiments, any of the sgRNAs provided herein comprise a sequence, e.g., a sgRNA backbone sequence that binds to a napDNAbp. For example sgRNAs have been described in Jinek M, Chylinski K, Fonfara I, Hauer M, Doudna J A, and Charpentier E (2012) A programmable dual-RNA-guided DNA endonuclease in adaptive bacterial immunity. Science, 337, 816-812; Mali P, Esvelt K M, Church G M (2013) Cas9 as a versatile tool for engineering biology. Nature Methods, 10, 957-963; Li J F, Norville J E, Aach J, McCromack M, Zhang D, Bush J, Church G M, and Sheen J (2013) Multiplex and homologous recombination-mediated genome editing in Arabidopsis and Nicotiana benthamiana using guide RNA and Cas9. Nature Biotech, 31, 688-691; Hwang W Y, Fu Y, Reyon D, Maeder M L, Tsai S Q, Sander J D, Peterson R T, Yeh J R J, Joung J K (2013) Efficient in vivo genome editing using RNA-guided nucleases. Nat Biotechnol, 31, 227-229; Cong L, Ran F A, Cox D, Lin S, Barretto R, Habib N, Hsu P D, Wu X, Jiang W, Marraffini L A, Zhang F (2013) Multiplex genome engineering using CRIPSR/Cas systems. Science, 339, 819-823; Cho S W, Kim S, Kim J M, Kim J S (2013) Targeted genome engineering in human cells with the Cas9 RNA-guided endonuclease. Nat Biotechnol, 31, 230-232; Jinek M J, East A, Cheng A, Lin S, Ma E, Doudna J (2013) RNA-programmed genome editing in human cells. eLIFE, 2:e00471; DiCarlo J E, Norville J E, Mali P, Rios, Aach J, Church G M (2013) Genome engineering in Saccharomyces cerevisiae using CRISPR-Cas systems. Nucl Acids Res, 41, 4336-4343; Briner A E, Donohoue P D, Gomaa A A, Selle K, Slorach E M, Nye C H, Haurwitz R E, Beisel C L, May A P, and Barrangou R (2014) Guide RNA functional modules direct Cas9 activity and orthogonality. Mol Cell, 56, 333-339; the contents of each of which are incorporated herein by reference. In some embodiments, any of the gRNAs (e.g., sgRNAs) provided herin comprise the nucleic acid sequence of GTAATTTCTACTAAGTGTAGAT (SEQ ID NO: 741), wherein each of the Ts of SEQ ID NO: 741 are uracil (U), i.e., GUAAUUUCUACUAAGUGUAGAU, or the sequence GUUUUAGAGCUAGAAAUAGCAAGUUAAAAUAAGGCUAGUCCGUUAUCAACUUG AAAAAGUGGCACCGAGUCGGUGCUUUUU-3′ (SEQ ID NO: 618).
- Because RNA-programmable nucleases (e.g., Cas9) use RNA:DNA hybridization to target DNA cleavage sites, these proteins are able to target, in principle, any sequence specified by the guide RNA. Methods of using RNA-programmable nucleases, such as Cas9, for site-specific cleavage (e.g., to modify a genome) are known in the art (see e.g., Cong, L. et al., Multiplex genome engineering using CRISPR/Cas systems. Science 339, 819-823 (2013); Mali, P. et al., RNA-guided human genome engineering via Cas9. Science 339, 823-826 (2013); Hwang, W. Y. et al., Efficient genome editing in zebrafish using a CRISPR-Cas system.
Nature biotechnology 31, 227-229 (2013); Jinek, M. et al. RNA-programmed genome editing in human cells.eLife 2, e00471 (2013); Dicarlo, J. E. et al., Genome engineering in Saccharomyces cerevisiae using CRISPR-Cas systems. Nucleic Acids Research (2013); Jiang, W. et al., RNA-guided editing of bacterial genomes using CRISPR-Cas systems.Nature Biotechnology 31, 233-239 (2013); the entire contents of each of which are incorporated herein by reference). - The term “Cas9” or “Cas9 nuclease” refers to an RNA-guided nuclease comprising a Cas9 protein, or a fragment thereof (e.g., a protein comprising an active, inactive, or partially active DNA cleavage domain of Cas9, and/or the gRNA binding domain of Cas9). A Cas9 nuclease is also referred to sometimes as a casn1 nuclease or a CRISPR (clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeat)-associated nuclease. CRISPR is an adaptive immune system that provides protection against mobile genetic elements (viruses, transposable elements and conjugative plasmids). CRISPR clusters contain spacers, sequences complementary to antecedent mobile elements, and target invading nucleic acids. CRISPR clusters are transcribed and processed into CRISPR RNA (crRNA). In type II CRISPR systems correct processing of pre-crRNA requires a trans-encoded small RNA (tracrRNA), endogenous ribonuclease 3 (mc) and a Cas9 protein. The tracrRNA serves as a guide for ribonuclease 3-aided processing of pre-crRNA. Subsequently, Cas9/crRNA/tracrRNA endonucleolytically cleaves linear or circular dsDNA target complementary to the spacer. The target strand not complementary to crRNA is first cut endonucleolytically, then trimmed 3′-5′ exonucleolytically. In nature, DNA-binding and cleavage typically requires protein and both RNAs. However, single guide RNAs (“sgRNA”, or simply “gNRA”) can be engineered so as to incorporate aspects of both the crRNA and tracrRNA into a single RNA species. See, e.g., Jinek M., Chylinski K., Fonfara I., Hauer M., Doudna J. A., Charpentier E. Science 337:816-821(2012), the entire contents of which is hereby incorporated by reference. Cas9 recognizes a short motif in the CRISPR repeat sequences (the PAM or protospacer adjacent motif) to help distinguish self versus non-self. Cas9 nuclease sequences and structures are well known to those of skill in the art (see, e.g., “Complete genome sequence of an M1 strain of Streptococcus pyogenes.” Ferretti et al., J. J., McShan W. M., Ajdic D. J., Savic D. J., Savic G., Lyon K., Primeaux C., Sezate S., Suvorov A. N., Kenton S., Lai H. S., Lin S. P., Qian Y., Jia H. G., Najar F. Z., Ren Q., Zhu H., Song L., White J., Yuan X., Clifton S. W., Roe B. A., McLaughlin R. E., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 98:4658-4663(2001); “CRISPR RNA maturation by trans-encoded small RNA and host factor RNase III.” Deltcheva E., Chylinski K., Sharma C. M., Gonzales K., Chao Y., Pirzada Z. A., Eckert M. R., Vogel J., Charpentier E., Nature 471:602-607(2011); and “A programmable dual-RNA-guided DNA endonuclease in adaptive bacterial immunity.” Jinek M., Chylinski K., Fonfara I., Hauer M., Doudna J. A., Charpentier E. Science 337:816-821(2012), the entire contents of each of which are incorporated herein by reference). Cas9 orthologs have been described in various species, including, but not limited to, S. pyogenes and S. thermophilus. Additional suitable Cas9 nucleases and sequences will be apparent to those of skill in the art based on this disclosure, and such Cas9 nucleases and sequences include Cas9 sequences from the organisms and loci disclosed in Chylinski, Rhun, and Charpentier, “The tracrRNA and Cas9 families of type II CRISPR-Cas immunity systems” (2013) RNA Biology 10:5, 726-737; the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference. In some embodiments, a Cas9 nuclease has an inactive (e.g., an inactivated) DNA cleavage domain, that is, the Cas9 is a nickase.
- A nuclease-inactivated Cas9 protein may interchangeably be referred to as a “dCas9” protein (for nuclease-“dead” Cas9). Methods for generating a Cas9 protein (or a fragment thereof) having an inactive DNA cleavage domain are known (See, e.g., Jinek et al., Science. 337:816-821(2012); Qi et al., “Repurposing CRISPR as an RNA-Guided Platform for Sequence-Specific Control of Gene Expression” (2013) Cell. 28; 152(5):1173-83, the entire contents of each of which are incorporated herein by reference). For example, the DNA cleavage domain of Cas9 is known to include two subdomains, the HNH nuclease subdomain and the RuvC1 subdomain. The HNH subdomain cleaves the strand complementary to the gRNA, whereas the RuvC1 subdomain cleaves the non-complementary strand. Mutations within these subdomains can silence the nuclease activity of Cas9. For example, the mutations D10A and H840A completely inactivate the nuclease activity of S. pyogenes Cas9 (Jinek et al., Science. 337:816-821(2012); Qi et al., Cell. 28; 152(5):1173-83 (2013)). In some embodiments, proteins comprising fragments of Cas9 are provided. For example, in some embodiments, a protein comprises one of two Cas9 domains: (1) the gRNA binding domain of Cas9; or (2) the DNA cleavage domain of Cas9. In some embodiments, proteins comprising Cas9 or fragments thereof are referred to as “Cas9 variants.” A Cas9 variant shares homology to Cas9, or a fragment thereof. For example a Cas9 variant is at least about 70% identical, at least about 80% identical, at least about 90% identical, at least about 95% identical, at least about 96% identical, at least about 97% identical, at least about 98% identical, at least about 99% identical, at least about 99.5% identical, or at least about 99.9% identical to wild type Cas9. In some embodiments, the Cas9 variant may have 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 21, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50 or more amino acid changes compared to wild type Cas9. In some embodiments, the Cas9 variant comprises a fragment of Cas9 (e.g., a gRNA binding domain or a DNA-cleavage domain), such that the fragment is at least about 70% identical, at least about 80% identical, at least about 90% identical, at least about 95% identical, at least about 96% identical, at least about 97% identical, at least about 98% identical, at least about 99% identical, at least about 99.5% identical, or at least about 99.9% identical to the corresponding fragment of wild type Cas9. In some embodiments, the fragment is is at least 30%, at least 35%, at least 40%, at least 45%, at least 50%, at least 55%, at least 60%, at least 65%, at least 70%, at least 75%, at least 80%, at least 85%, at least 90%, at least 95% identical, at least 96%, at least 97%, at least 98%, at least 99%, or at least 99.5% of the amino acid length of a corresponding wild type Cas9.
- In some embodiments, the fragment is at least 100 amino acids in length. In some embodiments, the fragment is at least 100, 150, 200, 250, 300, 350, 400, 450, 500, 550, 600, 650, 700, 750, 800, 850, 900, 950, 1000, 1050, 1100, 1150, 1200, 1250, or at least 1300 amino acids in length. In some embodiments, wild type Cas9 corresponds to Cas9 from Streptococcus pyogenes (NCBI Reference Sequence: NC_017053.1, SEQ ID NO: 1 (nucleotide); SEQ ID NO: 2 (amino acid)).
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(SEQ ID NO: 1) ATGGATAAGAAATACTCAATAGGCTTAGATATCGGCACAAATAGCGTCGG ATGGGCGGTGATCACTGATGATTATAAGGTTCCGTCTAAAAAGTTCAAGG TTCTGGGAAATACAGACCGCCACAGTATCAAAAAAAATCTTATAGGGGCT CTTTTATTTGGCAGTGGAGAGACAGCGGAAGCGACTCGTCTCAAACGGAC AGCTCGTAGAAGGTATACACGTCGGAAGAATCGTATTTGTTATCTACAGG AGATTTTTTCAAATGAGATGGCGAAAGTAGATGATAGTTTCTTTCATCGA CTTGAAGAGTCTTTTTTGGTGGAAGAAGACAAGAAGCATGAACGTCATCC TATTTTTGGAAATATAGTAGATGAAGTTGCTTATCATGAGAAATATCCAA CTATCTATCATCTGCGAAAAAAATTGGCAGATTCTACTGATAAAGCGGAT TTGCGCTTAATCTATTTGGCCTTAGCGCATATGATTAAGTTTCGTGGTCA TTTTTTGATTGAGGGAGATTTAAATCCTGATAATAGTGATGTGGACAAAC TATTTATCCAGTTGGTACAAATCTACAATCAATTATTTGAAGAAAACCCT ATTAACGCAAGTAGAGTAGATGCTAAAGCGATTCTTTCTGCACGATTGAG TAAATCAAGACGATTAGAAAATCTCATTGCTCAGCTCCCCGGTGAGAAGA GAAATGGCTTGTTTGGGAATCTCATTGCTTTGTCATTGGGATTGACCCCT AATTTTAAATCAAATTTTGATTTGGCAGAAGATGCTAAATTACAGCTTTC AAAAGATACTTACGATGATGATTTAGATAATTTATTGGCGCAAATTGGAG ATCAATATGCTGATTTGTTTTTGGCAGCTAAGAATTTATCAGATGCTATT TTACTTTCAGATATCCTAAGAGTAAATAGTGAAATAACTAAGGCTCCCCT ATCAGCTTCAATGATTAAGCGCTACGATGAACATCATCAAGACTTGACTC TTTTAAAAGCTTTAGTTCGACAACAACTTCCAGAAAAGTATAAAGAAATC TTTTTTGATCAATCAAAAAACGGATATGCAGGTTATATTGATGGGGGAGC TAGCCAAGAAGAATTTTATAAATTTATCAAACCAATTTTAGAAAAAATGG ATGGTACTGAGGAATTATTGGTGAAACTAAATCGTGAAGATTTGCTGCGC AAGCAACGGACCTTTGACAACGGCTCTATTCCCCATCAAATTCACTTGGG TGAGCTGCATGCTATTTTGAGAAGACAAGAAGACTTTTATCCATTTTTAA AAGACAATCGTGAGAAGATTGAAAAAATCTTGACTTTTCGAATTCCTTAT TATGTTGGTCCATTGGCGCGTGGCAATAGTCGTTTTGCATGGATGACTCG GAAGTCTGAAGAAACAATTACCCCATGGAATTTTGAAGAAGTTGTCGATA AAGGTGCTTCAGCTCAATCATTTATTGAACGCATGACAAACTTTGATAAA AATCTTCCAAATGAAAAAGTACTACCAAAACATAGTTTGCTTTATGAGTA TTTTACGGTTTATAACGAATTGACAAAGGTCAAATATGTTACTGAGGGAA TGCGAAAACCAGCATTTCTTTCAGGTGAACAGAAGAAAGCCATTGTTGAT TTACTCTTCAAAACAAATCGAAAAGTAACCGTTAAGCAATTAAAAGAAGA TTATTTCAAAAAAATAGAATGTTTTGATAGTGTTGAAATTTCAGGAGTTG AAGATAGATTTAATGCTTCATTAGGCGCCTACCATGATTTGCTAAAAATT ATTAAAGATAAAGATTTTTTGGATAATGAAGAAAATGAAGATATCTTAGA GGATATTGTTTTAACATTGACCTTATTTGAAGATAGGGGGATGATTGAGG AAAGACTTAAAACATATGCTCACCTCTTTGATGATAAGGTGATGAAACAG CTTAAACGTCGCCGTTATACTGGTTGGGGACGTTTGTCTCGAAAATTGAT TAATGGTATTAGGGATAAGCAATCTGGCAAAACAATATTAGATTTTTTGA AATCAGATGGTTTTGCCAATCGCAATTTTATGCAGCTGATCCATGATGAT AGTTTGACATTTAAAGAAGATATTCAAAAAGCACAGGTGTCTGGACAAGG CCATAGTTTACATGAACAGATTGCTAACTTAGCTGGCAGTCCTGCTATTA AAAAAGGTATTTTACAGACTGTAAAAATTGTTGATGAACTGGTCAAAGTA ATGGGGCATAAGCCAGAAAATATCGTTATTGAAATGGCACGTGAAAATCA GACAACTCAAAAGGGCCAGAAAAATTCGCGAGAGCGTATGAAACGAATCG AAGAAGGTATCAAAGAATTAGGAAGTCAGATTCTTAAAGAGCATCCTGTT GAAAATACTCAATTGCAAAATGAAAAGCTCTATCTCTATTATCTACAAAA TGGAAGAGACATGTATGTGGACCAAGAATTAGATATTAATCGTTTAAGTG ATTATGATGTCGATCACATTGTTCCACAAAGTTTCATTAAAGACGATTCA ATAGACAATAAGGTACTAACGCGTTCTGATAAAAATCGTGGTAAATCGGA TAACGTTCCAAGTGAAGAAGTAGTCAAAAAGATGAAAAACTATTGGAGAC AACTTCTAAACGCCAAGTTAATCACTCAACGTAAGTTTGATAATTTAACG AAAGCTGAACGTGGAGGTTTGAGTGAACTTGATAAAGCTGGTTTTATCAA ACGCCAATTGGTTGAAACTCGCCAAATCACTAAGCATGTGGCACAAATTT TGGATAGTCGCATGAATACTAAATACGATGAAAATGATAAACTTATTCGA GAGGTTAAAGTGATTACCTTAAAATCTAAATTAGTTTCTGACTTCCGAAA AGATTTCCAATTCTATAAAGTACGTGAGATTAACAATTACCATCATGCCC ATGATGCGTATCTAAATGCCGTCGTTGGAACTGCTTTGATTAAGAAATAT CCAAAACTTGAATCGGAGTTTGTCTATGGTGATTATAAAGTTTATGATGT TCGTAAAATGATTGCTAAGTCTGAGCAAGAAATAGGCAAAGCAACCGCAA AATATTTCTTTTACTCTAATATCATGAACTTCTTCAAAACAGAAATTACA CTTGCAAATGGAGAGATTCGCAAACGCCCTCTAATCGAAACTAATGGGGA AACTGGAGAAATTGTCTGGGATAAAGGGCGAGATTTTGCCACAGTGCGCA AAGTATTGTCCATGCCCCAAGTCAATATTGTCAAGAAAACAGAAGTACAG ACAGGCGGATTCTCCAAGGAGTCAATTTTACCAAAAAGAAATTCGGACAA GCTTATTGCTCGTAAAAAAGACTGGGATCCAAAAAAATATGGTGGTTTTG ATAGTCCAACGGTAGCTTATTCAGTCCTAGTGGTTGCTAAGGTGGAAAAA GGGAAATCGAAGAAGTTAAAATCCGTTAAAGAGTTACTAGGGATCACAAT TATGGAAAGAAGTTCCTTTGAAAAAAATCCGATTGACTTTTTAGAAGCTA AAGGATATAAGGAAGTTAAAAAAGACTTAATCATTAAACTACCTAAATAT AGTCTTTTTGAGTTAGAAAACGGTCGTAAACGGATGCTGGCTAGTGCCGG AGAATTACAAAAAGGAAATGAGCTGGCTCTGCCAAGCAAATATGTGAATT TTTTATATTTAGCTAGTCATTATGAAAAGTTGAAGGGTAGTCCAGAAGAT AACGAACAAAAACAATTGTTTGTGGAGCAGCATAAGCATTATTTAGATGA GATTATTGAGCAAATCAGTGAATTTTCTAAGCGTGTTATTTTAGCAGATG CCAATTTAGATAAAGTTCTTAGTGCATATAACAAACATAGAGACAAACCA ATACGTGAACAAGCAGAAAATATTATTCATTTATTTACGTTGACGAATCT TGGAGCTCCCGCTGCTTTTAAATATTTTGATACAACAATTGATCGTAAAC GATATACGTCTACAAAAGAAGTTTTAGATGCCACTCTTATCCATCAATCC ATCACTGGTCTTTATGAAACACGCATTGATTTGAGTCAGCTAGGAGGTGA CTGA (SEQ ID NO: 2) MDKKYSIGLDIGTNSVGWAVITDDYKVPSKKFKVLGNTDRHSIKKNLIGA LLFGSGETAEATRLKRTARRRYTRRKNRICYLQEIFSNEMAKVDDSFFHR LEESFLVEEDKKHERHPIFGNIVDEVAYHEKYPTIYHLRKKLADSTDKAD LRLIYLALAHMIKFRGHFLIEGDLNPDNSDVDKLFIQLVQIYNQLFEENP INASRVDAKAILSARLSKSRRLENLIAQLPGEKRNGLFGNLIALSLGLTP NFKSNFDLAEDAKLQLSKDTYDDDLDNLLAQIGDQYADLFLAAKNLSDAI LLSDILRVNSEITKAPLSASMIKRYDEHHQDLTLLKALVRQQLPEKYKEI FFDQSKNGYAGYIDGGASQEEFYKFIKPILEKMDGTEELLVKLNREDLLR KQRTFDNGSIPHQIHLGELHAILRRQEDFYPFLKDNREKIEKILTFRIPY YVGPLARGNSRFAWMTRKSEETITPWNFEEVVDKGASAQSFIERMTNFDK NLPNEKVLPKHSLLYEYFTVYNELTKVKYVTEGMRKPAFLSGEQKKAIVD LLFKTNRKVTVKQLKEDYFKKIECFDSVEISGVEDRFNASLGAYHDLLKI IKDKDFLDNEENEDILEDIVLTLTLFEDRGMIEERLKTYAHLFDDKVMKQ LKRRRYTGWGRLSRKLINGIRDKQSGKTILDFLKSDGFANRNFMQLIHDD SLTFKEDIQKAQVSGQGHSLHEQIANLAGSPAIKKGILQTVKIVDELVKV MGHKPENIVIEMARENQTTQKGQKNSRERMKRIEEGIKELGSQILKEHPV ENTQLQNEKLYLYYLQNGRDMYVDQELDINRLSDYDVDHIVPQSFIKDDS IDNKVLTRSDKNRGKSDNVPSEEVVKKMKNYWRQLLNAKLITQRKFDNLT KAERGGLSELDKAGFIKRQLVETRQITKHVAQILDSRMNTKYDENDKLIR EVKVITLKSKLVSDFRKDFQFYKVREINNYHHAHDAYLNAVVGTALIKKY PKLESEFVYGDYKVYDVRKMIAKSEQEIGKATAKYFFYSNIMNFFKTEIT LANGEIRKRPLIETNGETGEIVWDKGRDFATVRKVLSMPQVNIVKKTEVQ TGGFSKESILPKRNSDKLIARKKDWDPKKYGGFDSPTVAYSVLVVAKVEK GKSKKLKSVKELLGITIMERSSFEKNPIDFLEAKGYKEVKKDLIIKLPKY SLFELENGRKRMLASAGELQKGNELALPSKYVNFLYLASHYEKLKGSPED NEQKQLFVEQHKHYLDEIIEQISEFSKRVILADANLDKVLSAYNKHRDKP IREQAENIIHLFTLTNLGAPAAFKYFDTTIDRKRYTSTKEVLDATLIHQS ITGLYETRIDLSQLGGD (single underline: HNH domain; double underline: RuvC domain) - In some embodiments, wild type Cas9 corresponds to, or comprises SEQ ID NO:3 (nucleotide) and/or SEQ ID NO: 4 (amino acid):
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(SEQ ID NO: 3) ATGGATAAAAAGTATTCTATTGGTTTAGACATCGGCACTAATTCCGTTGG ATGGGCTGTCATAACCGATGAATACAAAGTACCTTCAAAGAAATTTAAGG TGTTGGGGAACACAGACCGTCATTCGATTAAAAAGAATCTTATCGGTGCC CTCCTATTCGATAGTGGCGAAACGGCAGAGGCGACTCGCCTGAAACGAAC CGCTCGGAGAAGGTATACACGTCGCAAGAACCGAATATGTTACTTACAAG AAATTTTTAGCAATGAGATGGCCAAAGTTGACGATTCTTTCTTTCACCGT TTGGAAGAGTCCTTCCTTGTCGAAGAGGACAAGAAACATGAACGGCACCC CATCTTTGGAAACATAGTAGATGAGGTGGCATATCATGAAAAGTACCCAA CGATTTATCACCTCAGAAAAAAGCTAGTTGACTCAACTGATAAAGCGGAC CTGAGGTTAATCTACTTGGCTCTTGCCCATATGATAAAGTTCCGTGGGCA CTTTCTCATTGAGGGTGATCTAAATCCGGACAACTCGGATGTCGACAAAC TGTTCATCCAGTTAGTACAAACCTATAATCAGTTGTTTGAAGAGAACCCT ATAAATGCAAGTGGCGTGGATGCGAAGGCTATTCTTAGCGCCCGCCTCTC TAAATCCCGACGGCTAGAAAACCTGATCGCACAATTACCCGGAGAGAAGA AAAATGGGTTGTTCGGTAACCTTATAGCGCTCTCACTAGGCCTGACACCA AATTTTAAGTCGAACTTCGACTTAGCTGAAGATGCCAAATTGCAGCTTAG TAAGGACACGTACGATGACGATCTCGACAATCTACTGGCACAAATTGGAG ATCAGTATGCGGACTTATTTTTGGCTGCCAAAAACCTTAGCGATGCAATC CTCCTATCTGACATACTGAGAGTTAATACTGAGATTACCAAGGCGCCGTT ATCCGCTTCAATGATCAAAAGGTACGATGAACATCACCAAGACTTGACAC TTCTCAAGGCCCTAGTCCGTCAGCAACTGCCTGAGAAATATAAGGAAATA TTCTTTGATCAGTCGAAAAACGGGTACGCAGGTTATATTGACGGCGGAGC GAGTCAAGAGGAATTCTACAAGTTTATCAAACCCATATTAGAGAAGATGG ATGGGACGGAAGAGTTGCTTGTAAAACTCAATCGCGAAGATCTACTGCGA AAGCAGCGGACTTTCGACAACGGTAGCATTCCACATCAAATCCACTTAGG CGAATTGCATGCTATACTTAGAAGGCAGGAGGATTTTTATCCGTTCCTCA AAGACAATCGTGAAAAGATTGAGAAAATCCTAACCTTTCGCATACCTTAC TATGTGGGACCCCTGGCCCGAGGGAACTCTCGGTTCGCATGGATGACAAG AAAGTCCGAAGAAACGATTACTCCATGGAATTTTGAGGAAGTTGTCGATA AAGGTGCGTCAGCTCAATCGTTCATCGAGAGGATGACCAACTTTGACAAG AATTTACCGAACGAAAAAGTATTGCCTAAGCACAGTTTACTTTACGAGTA TTTCACAGTGTACAATGAACTCACGAAAGTTAAGTATGTCACTGAGGGCA TGCGTAAACCCGCCTTTCTAAGCGGAGAACAGAAGAAAGCAATAGTAGAT CTGTTATTCAAGACCAACCGCAAAGTGACAGTTAAGCAATTGAAAGAGGA CTACTTTAAGAAAATTGAATGCTTCGATTCTGTCGAGATCTCCGGGGTAG AAGATCGATTTAATGCGTCACTTGGTACGTATCATGACCTCCTAAAGATA ATTAAAGATAAGGACTTCCTGGATAACGAAGAGAATGAAGATATCTTAGA AGATATAGTGTTGACTCTTACCCTCTTTGAAGATCGGGAAATGATTGAGG AAAGACTAAAAACATACGCTCACCTGTTCGACGATAAGGTTATGAAACAG TTAAAGAGGCGTCGCTATACGGGCTGGGGACGATTGTCGCGGAAACTTAT CAACGGGATAAGAGACAAGCAAAGTGGTAAAACTATTCTCGATTTTCTAA AGAGCGACGGCTTCGCCAATAGGAACTTTATGCAGCTGATCCATGATGAC TCTTTAACCTTCAAAGAGGATATACAAAAGGCACAGGTTTCCGGACAAGG GGACTCATTGCACGAACATATTGCGAATCTTGCTGGTTCGCCAGCCATCA AAAAGGGCATACTCCAGACAGTCAAAGTAGTGGATGAGCTAGTTAAGGTC ATGGGACGTCACAAACCGGAAAACATTGTAATCGAGATGGCACGCGAAAA TCAAACGACTCAGAAGGGGCAAAAAAACAGTCGAGAGCGGATGAAGAGAA TAGAAGAGGGTATTAAAGAACTGGGCAGCCAGATCTTAAAGGAGCATCCT GTGGAAAATACCCAATTGCAGAACGAGAAACTTTACCTCTATTACCTACA AAATGGAAGGGACATGTATGTTGATCAGGAACTGGACATAAACCGTTTAT CTGATTACGACGTCGATCACATTGTACCCCAATCCTTTTTGAAGGACGAT TCAATCGACAATAAAGTGCTTACACGCTCGGATAAGAACCGAGGGAAAAG TGACAATGTTCCAAGCGAGGAAGTCGTAAAGAAAATGAAGAACTATTGGC GGCAGCTCCTAAATGCGAAACTGATAACGCAAAGAAAGTTCGATAACTTA ACTAAAGCTGAGAGGGGTGGCTTGTCTGAACTTGACAAGGCCGGATTTAT TAAACGTCAGCTCGTGGAAACCCGCCAAATCACAAAGCATGTTGCACAGA TACTAGATTCCCGAATGAATACGAAATACGACGAGAACGATAAGCTGATT CGGGAAGTCAAAGTAATCACTTTAAAGTCAAAATTGGTGTCGGACTTCAG AAAGGATTTTCAATTCTATAAAGTTAGGGAGATAAATAACTACCACCATG CGCACGACGCTTATCTTAATGCCGTCGTAGGGACCGCACTCATTAAGAAA TACCCGAAGCTAGAAAGTGAGTTTGTGTATGGTGATTACAAAGTTTATGA CGTCCGTAAGATGATCGCGAAAAGCGAACAGGAGATAGGCAAGGCTACAG CCAAATACTTCTTTTATTCTAACATTATGAATTTCTTTAAGACGGAAATC ACTCTGGCAAACGGAGAGATACGCAAACGACCTTTAATTGAAACCAATGG GGAGACAGGTGAAATCGTATGGGATAAGGGCCGGGACTTCGCGACGGTGA GAAAAGTTTTGTCCATGCCCCAAGTCAACATAGTAAAGAAAACTGAGGTG CAGACCGGAGGGTTTTCAAAGGAATCGATTCTTCCAAAAAGGAATAGTGA TAAGCTCATCGCTCGTAAAAAGGACTGGGACCCGAAAAAGTACGGTGGCT TCGATAGCCCTACAGTTGCCTATTCTGTCCTAGTAGTGGCAAAAGTTGAG AAGGGAAAATCCAAGAAACTGAAGTCAGTCAAAGAATTATTGGGGATAAC GATTATGGAGCGCTCGTCTTTTGAAAAGAACCCCATCGACTTCCTTGAGG CGAAAGGTTACAAGGAAGTAAAAAAGGATCTCATAATTAAACTACCAAAG TATAGTCTGTTTGAGTTAGAAAATGGCCGAAAACGGATGTTGGCTAGCGC CGGAGAGCTTCAAAAGGGGAACGAACTCGCACTACCGTCTAAATACGTGA ATTTCCTGTATTTAGCGTCCCATTACGAGAAGTTGAAAGGTTCACCTGAA GATAACGAACAGAAGCAACTTTTTGTTGAGCAGCACAAACATTATCTCGA CGAAATCATAGAGCAAATTTCGGAATTCAGTAAGAGAGTCATCCTAGCTG ATGCCAATCTGGACAAAGTATTAAGCGCATACAACAAGCACAGGGATAAA CCCATACGTGAGCAGGCGGAAAATATTATCCATTTGTTTACTCTTACCAA CCTCGGCGCTCCAGCCGCATTCAAGTATTTTGACACAACGATAGATCGCA AACGATACACTTCTACCAAGGAGGTGCTAGACGCGACACTGATTCACCAA TCCATCACGGGATTATATGAAACTCGGATAGATTTGTCACAGCTTGGGGG TGACGGATCCCCCAAGAAGAAGAGGAAAGTCTCGAGCGACTACAAAGACC ATGACGGTGATTATAAAGATCATGACATCGATTACAAGGATGACGATGAC AAGGCTGCAGGA (SEQ ID NO: 4) MDKKYSIGLAIGTNSVGWAVITDEYKVPSKKFKVLGNTDRHSIKKNLIGA LLFDSGETAEATRLKRTARRRYTRRKNRICYLQEIFSNEMAKVDDSFFHR LEESFLVEEDKKHERHPIFGNIVDEVAYHEKYPTIYHLRKKLVDSTDKAD LRLIYLALAHMIKFRGHFLIEGDLNPDNSDVDKLFIQLVQTYNQLFEENP INASGVDAKAILSARLSKSRRLENLIAQLPGEKKNGLFGNLIALSLGLTP NFKSNFDLAEDAKLQLSKDTYDDDLDNLLAQIGDQYADLFLAAKNLSDAI LLSDILRVNTEITKAPLSASMIKRYDEHHQDLTLLKALVRQQLPEKYKEI FFDQSKNGYAGYIDGGASQEEFYKFIKPILEKMDGTEELLVKLNREDLLR KQRTFDNGSIPHQIHLGELHAILRRQEDFYPFLKDNREKIEKILTFRIPY YVGPLARGNSRFAWMTRKSEETITPWNFEEVVDKGASAQSFIERMTNFDK NLPNEKVLPKHSLLYEYFTVYNELTKVKYVTEGMRKPAFLSGEQKKAIVD LLFKTNRKVTVKQLKEDYFKKIECFDSVEISGVEDRFNASLGTYHDLLKI IKDKDFLDNEENEDILEDIVLTLTLFEDREMIEERLKTYAHLFDDKVMKQ LKRRRYTGWGRLSRKLINGIRDKQSGKTILDFLKSDGFANRNFMQLIHDD SLTFKEDIQKAQVSGQGDSLHEHIANLAGSPAIKKGILQTVKVVDELVKV MGRHKPENIVIEMARENQTTQKGQKNSRERMKRIEEGIKELGSQILKEHP VENTQLQNEKLYLYYLQNGRDMYVDQELDINRLSDYDVDHIVPQSFLKDD SIDNKVLTRSDKNRGKSDNVPSEEVVKKMKNYWRQLLNAKLITQRKFDNL TKAERGGLSELDKAGFIKRQLVETRQITKHVAQILDSRMNTKYDENDKLI REVKVITLKSKLVSDFRKDFQFYKVREINNYHHAHDAYLNAVVGTALIKK YPKLESEFVYGDYKVYDVRKMIAKSEQEIGKATAKYFFYSNIMNFFKTEI TLANGEIRKRPLIETNGETGEIVWDKGRDFATVRKVLSMPQVNIVKKTEV QTGGFSKESILPKRNSDKLIARKKDWDPKKYGGFDSPTVAYSVLVVAKVE KGKSKKLKSVKELLGITIMERSSFEKNPIDFLEAKGYKEVKKDLIIKLPK YSLFELENGRKRMLASAGELQKGNELALPSKYVNFLYLASHYEKLKGSPE DNEQKQLFVEQHKHYLDEIIEQISEFSKRVILADANLDKVLSAYNKHRDK PIREQAENIIHLFTLTNLGAPAAFKYFDTTIDRKRYTSTKEVLDATLIHQ SITGLYETRIDLSQLGGD (single underline: HNH domain; double underline: RuvC domain) - In some embodiments, wild type Cas9 corresponds to Cas9 from Streptococcus pyogenes (NCBI Reference Sequence: NC_002737.2, SEQ ID NO: 5 (nucleotide); and Uniport Reference Sequence: Q99ZW2, SEQ ID NO: 6 (amino acid).
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(SEQ ID NO: 5) ATGGATAAGAAATACTCAATAGGCTTAGATATCGGCACAAATAGCGTCGG ATGGGCGGTGATCACTGATGAATATAAGGTTCCGTCTAAAAAGTTCAAGG TTCTGGGAAATACAGACCGCCACAGTATCAAAAAAAATCTTATAGGGGCT CTTTTATTTGACAGTGGAGAGACAGCGGAAGCGACTCGTCTCAAACGGAC AGCTCGTAGAAGGTATACACGTCGGAAGAATCGTATTTGTTATCTACAGG AGATTTTTTCAAATGAGATGGCGAAAGTAGATGATAGTTTCTTTCATCGA CTTGAAGAGTCTTTTTTGGTGGAAGAAGACAAGAAGCATGAACGTCATCC TATTTTTGGAAATATAGTAGATGAAGTTGCTTATCATGAGAAATATCCAA CTATCTATCATCTGCGAAAAAAATTGGTAGATTCTACTGATAAAGCGGAT TTGCGCTTAATCTATTTGGCCTTAGCGCATATGATTAAGTTTCGTGGTCA TTTTTTGATTGAGGGAGATTTAAATCCTGATAATAGTGATGTGGACAAAC TATTTATCCAGTTGGTACAAACCTACAATCAATTATTTGAAGAAAACCCT ATTAACGCAAGTGGAGTAGATGCTAAAGCGATTCTTTCTGCACGATTGAG TAAATCAAGACGATTAGAAAATCTCATTGCTCAGCTCCCCGGTGAGAAGA AAAATGGCTTATTTGGGAATCTCATTGCTTTGTCATTGGGTTTGACCCCT AATTTTAAATCAAATTTTGATTTGGCAGAAGATGCTAAATTACAGCTTTC AAAAGATACTTACGATGATGATTTAGATAATTTATTGGCGCAAATTGGAG ATCAATATGCTGATTTGTTTTTGGCAGCTAAGAATTTATCAGATGCTATT TTACTTTCAGATATCCTAAGAGTAAATACTGAAATAACTAAGGCTCCCCT ATCAGCTTCAATGATTAAACGCTACGATGAACATCATCAAGACTTGACTC TTTTAAAAGCTTTAGTTCGACAACAACTTCCAGAAAAGTATAAAGAAATC TTTTTTGATCAATCAAAAAACGGATATGCAGGTTATATTGATGGGGGAGC TAGCCAAGAAGAATTTTATAAATTTATCAAACCAATTTTAGAAAAAATGG ATGGTACTGAGGAATTATTGGTGAAACTAAATCGTGAAGATTTGCTGCGC AAGCAACGGACCTTTGACAACGGCTCTATTCCCCATCAAATTCACTTGGG TGAGCTGCATGCTATTTTGAGAAGACAAGAAGACTTTTATCCATTTTTAA AAGACAATCGTGAGAAGATTGAAAAAATCTTGACTTTTCGAATTCCTTAT TATGTTGGTCCATTGGCGCGTGGCAATAGTCGTTTTGCATGGATGACTCG GAAGTCTGAAGAAACAATTACCCCATGGAATTTTGAAGAAGTTGTCGATA AAGGTGCTTCAGCTCAATCATTTATTGAACGCATGACAAACTTTGATAAA AATCTTCCAAATGAAAAAGTACTACCAAAACATAGTTTGCTTTATGAGTA TTTTACGGTTTATAACGAATTGACAAAGGTCAAATATGTTACTGAAGGAA TGCGAAAACCAGCATTTCTTTCAGGTGAACAGAAGAAAGCCATTGTTGAT TTACTCTTCAAAACAAATCGAAAAGTAACCGTTAAGCAATTAAAAGAAGA TTATTTCAAAAAAATAGAATGTTTTGATAGTGTTGAAATTTCAGGAGTTG AAGATAGATTTAATGCTTCATTAGGTACCTACCATGATTTGCTAAAAATT ATTAAAGATAAAGATTTTTTGGATAATGAAGAAAATGAAGATATCTTAGA GGATATTGTTTTAACATTGACCTTATTTGAAGATAGGGAGATGATTGAGG AAAGACTTAAAACATATGCTCACCTCTTTGATGATAAGGTGATGAAACAG CTTAAACGTCGCCGTTATACTGGTTGGGGACGTTTGTCTCGAAAATTGAT TAATGGTATTAGGGATAAGCAATCTGGCAAAACAATATTAGATTTTTTGA AATCAGATGGTTTTGCCAATCGCAATTTTATGCAGCTGATCCATGATGAT AGTTTGACATTTAAAGAAGACATTCAAAAAGCACAAGTGTCTGGACAAGG CGATAGTTTACATGAACATATTGCAAATTTAGCTGGTAGCCCTGCTATTA AAAAAGGTATTTTACAGACTGTAAAAGTTGTTGATGAATTGGTCAAAGTA ATGGGGCGGCATAAGCCAGAAAATATCGTTATTGAAATGGCACGTGAAAA TCAGACAACTCAAAAGGGCCAGAAAAATTCGCGAGAGCGTATGAAACGAA TCGAAGAAGGTATCAAAGAATTAGGAAGTCAGATTCTTAAAGAGCATCCT GTTGAAAATACTCAATTGCAAAATGAAAAGCTCTATCTCTATTATCTCCA AAATGGAAGAGACATGTATGTGGACCAAGAATTAGATATTAATCGTTTAA GTGATTATGATGTCGATCACATTGTTCCACAAAGTTTCCTTAAAGACGAT TCAATAGACAATAAGGTCTTAACGCGTTCTGATAAAAATCGTGGTAAATC GGATAACGTTCCAAGTGAAGAAGTAGTCAAAAAGATGAAAAACTATTGGA GACAACTTCTAAACGCCAAGTTAATCACTCAACGTAAGTTTGATAATTTA ACGAAAGCTGAACGTGGAGGTTTGAGTGAACTTGATAAAGCTGGTTTTAT CAAACGCCAATTGGTTGAAACTCGCCAAATCACTAAGCATGTGGCACAAA TTTTGGATAGTCGCATGAATACTAAATACGATGAAAATGATAAACTTATT CGAGAGGTTAAAGTGATTACCTTAAAATCTAAATTAGTTTCTGACTTCCG AAAAGATTTCCAATTCTATAAAGTACGTGAGATTAACAATTACCATCATG CCCATGATGCGTATCTAAATGCCGTCGTTGGAACTGCTTTGATTAAGAAA TATCCAAAACTTGAATCGGAGTTTGTCTATGGTGATTATAAAGTTTATGA TGTTCGTAAAATGATTGCTAAGTCTGAGCAAGAAATAGGCAAAGCAACCG CAAAATATTTCTTTTACTCTAATATCATGAACTTCTTCAAAACAGAAATT ACACTTGCAAATGGAGAGATTCGCAAACGCCCTCTAATCGAAACTAATGG GGAAACTGGAGAAATTGTCTGGGATAAAGGGCGAGATTTTGCCACAGTGC GCAAAGTATTGTCCATGCCCCAAGTCAATATTGTCAAGAAAACAGAAGTA CAGACAGGCGGATTCTCCAAGGAGTCAATTTTACCAAAAAGAAATTCGGA CAAGCTTATTGCTCGTAAAAAAGACTGGGATCCAAAAAAATATGGTGGTT TTGATAGTCCAACGGTAGCTTATTCAGTCCTAGTGGTTGCTAAGGTGGAA AAAGGGAAATCGAAGAAGTTAAAATCCGTTAAAGAGTTACTAGGGATCAC AATTATGGAAAGAAGTTCCTTTGAAAAAAATCCGATTGACTTTTTAGAAG CTAAAGGATATAAGGAAGTTAAAAAAGACTTAATCATTAAACTACCTAAA TATAGTCTTTTTGAGTTAGAAAACGGTCGTAAACGGATGCTGGCTAGTGC CGGAGAATTACAAAAAGGAAATGAGCTGGCTCTGCCAAGCAAATATGTGA ATTTTTTATATTTAGCTAGTCATTATGAAAAGTTGAAGGGTAGTCCAGAA GATAACGAACAAAAACAATTGTTTGTGGAGCAGCATAAGCATTATTTAGA TGAGATTATTGAGCAAATCAGTGAATTTTCTAAGCGTGTTATTTTAGCAG ATGCCAATTTAGATAAAGTTCTTAGTGCATATAACAAACATAGAGACAAA CCAATACGTGAACAAGCAGAAAATATTATTCATTTATTTACGTTGACGAA TCTTGGAGCTCCCGCTGCTTTTAAATATTTTGATACAACAATTGATCGTA AACGATATACGTCTACAAAAGAAGTTTTAGATGCCACTCTTATCCATCAA TCCATCACTGGTCTTTATGAAACACGCATTGATTTGAGTCAGCTAGGAGG TGACTGA (SEQ ID NO: 6) MDKKYSIGLDIGTNSVGWAVITDEYKVPSKKFKVLGNTDRHSIKKNLIGA LLFDSGETAEATRLKRTARRRYTRRKNRICYLQEIFSNEMAKVDDSFFHR LEESFLVEEDKKHERHPIFGNIVDEVAYHEKYPTIYHLRKKLVDSTDKAD LRLIYLALAHMIKFRGHFLIEGDLNPDNSDVDKLFIQLVQTYNQLFEENP INASGVDAKAILSARLSKSRRLENLIAQLPGEKKNGLFGNLIALSLGLTP NFKSNFDLAEDAKLQLSKDTYDDDLDNLLAQIGDQYADLFLAAKNLSDAI LLSDILRVNTEITKAPLSASMIKRYDEHHQDLTLLKALVRQQLPEKYKEI FFDQSKNGYAGYIDGGASQEEFYKFIKPILEKMDGTEELLVKLNREDLLR KQRTFDNGSIPHQIHLGELHAILRRQEDFYPFLKDNREKIEKILTFRIPY YVGPLARGNSRFAWMTRKSEETITPWNFEEVVDKGASAQSFIERMTNFDK NLPNEKVLPKHSLLYEYFTVYNELTKVKYVTEGMRKPAFLSGEQKKAIVD LLFKTNRKVTVKQLKEDYFKKIECFDSVEISGVEDRFNASLGTYHDLLKI IKDKDFLDNEENEDILEDIVLTLTLFEDREMIEERLKTYAHLFDDKVMKQ LKRRRYTGWGRLSRKLINGIRDKQSGKTILDFLKSDGFANRNFMQLIHDD SLTFKEDIQKAQVSGQGDSLHEHIANLAGSPAIKKGILQTVKVVDELVKV MGRHKPENIVIEMARENQTTQKGQKNSRERMKRIEEGIKELGSQILKEHP VENTQLQNEKLYLYYLQNGRDMYVDQELDINRLSDYDVDHIVPQSFLKDD SIDNKVLTRSDKNRGKSDNVPSEEVVKKMKNYWRQLLNAKLITQRKFDNL TKAERGGLSELDKAGFIKRQLVETRQITKHVAQILDSRMNTKYDENDKLI REVKVITLKSKLVSDFRKDFQFYKVREINNYHHAHDAYLNAVVGTALIKK YPKLESEFVYGDYKVYDVRKMIAKSEQEIGKATAKYFFYSNIMNFFKTEI TLANGEIRKRPLIETNGETGEIVWDKGRDFATVRKVLSMPQVNIVKKTEV QTGGFSKESILPKRNSDKLIARKKDWDPKKYGGFDSPTVAYSVLVVAKVE KGKSKKLKSVKELLGITIMERSSFEKNPIDFLEAKGYKEVKKDLIIKLPK YSLFELENGRKRMLASAGELQKGNELALPSKYVNFLYLASHYEKLKGSPE DNEQKQLFVEQHKHYLDEIIEQISEFSKRVILADANLDKVLSAYNKHRDK PIREQAENIIHLFTLTNLGAPAAFKYFDTTIDRKRYTSTKEVLDATLIHQ SITGLYETRIDLSQLGGD (single underline: HNH domain; double underline: RuvC domain) - In some embodiments, Cas9 refers to Cas9 from: Corynebacterium ulcerans (NCBI Refs: NC_015683.1, NC_017317.1); Corynebacterium diphtheria (NCBI Refs: NC_016782.1, NC_016786.1); Spiroplasma syrphidicola (NCBI Ref: NC_021284.1); Prevotella intermedia (NCBI Ref: NC_017861.1); Spiroplasma taiwanense (NCBI Ref: NC_021846.1); Streptococcus iniae (NCBI Ref: NC_021314.1); Belliella baltica (NCBI Ref: NC_018010.1); Psychroflexus torquisI (NCBI Ref: NC_018721.1); Streptococcus thermophilus (NCBI Ref: YP_820832.1), Listeria innocua (NCBI Ref: NP_472073.1), Campylobacter jejuni (NCBI Ref: YP_002344900.1) or Neisseria. meningitidis (NCBI Ref: YP_002342100.1) or to a Cas9 from any of the organisms listed in Example 5.
- In some embodiments, dCas9 corresponds to, or comprises in part or in whole, a Cas9 amino acid sequence having one or more mutations that inactivate the Cas9 nuclease activity. For example, in some embodiments, a dCas9 domain comprises D10A and/or H840A mutation.
- dCas9 (D10A and H840A):
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(SEQ ID NO: 7) MDKK YSIGLAIGTNSVGWAVITDEYKVPSKKFKVLGNTDRHSIKKNLIGA LLFDSGET AEATRLKRTARRRYTRRKNRICYLQEIFSNEMAKVDDSFFHR LEESFLVEEDKKHERHPIFGNIVDEVAYHEKYPTIYHLRKKLVDSTDKAD LRLIYLALAHMIKFRGHFLIEGDLNPDNSDVDKLFIQLVQTYNQLFEENP INASGVDAKAILSARLSKSRRLENLIAQLPGEKKNGLFGNLIALSLGLTP NFKSNFDLAEDAKLQLSKDTYDDDLDNLLAQIGDQYADLFLAAKNLSDAI LLSDILRVNTEITKAPLSASMIKRYDEHHQDLTLLKALVRQQLPEKYKEI FFDQSKNGYAGYIDGGASQEEFYKFIKPILEKMDGTEELLVKLNREDLLR KQRTFDNGSIPHQIHLGELHAILRRQEDFYPFLKDNREKIEKILTFRIPY YVGPLARGNSRFAWMTRKSEETITPWNFEEVVDKGASAQSFIERMTNFDK NLPNEKVLPKHSLLYEYFTVYNELTKVKYVTEGMRKPAFLSGEQKKAIVD LLFKTNRKVTVKQLKEDYFKKIECFDSVETSGVEDRFNASLGTYHDLLKI IKDKDFLDNEENEDILEDIVLTLTLFEDREMIEERLKTYAHLFDDKVMKQ LKRRRYTGWGRLSRKLINGIRDKQSGKTILDFLKSDGFANRNFMQLIHDD PVENTQLQNEKLYLYYLQNGRDMYVDQELDINRLSDYDVDAIVPQSFLKD DSIDNKVLTRSDKNRGKSDNVPSEEVVKKMKNYWRQLLNAKLITQRKFDN EKGKSKKLKSVKELLGITIMERSSFEKNPIDFLEAKGYKEVKKDLIIKLP KYSLFELENGRKRMLASAGELQKGNELALPSKYVNFLYLASHYEKLKGSP EDNEQKQLFVEQHKHYLDEIIEQISEFSKRVILADANLDKVLSAYNKHRD KPIREQAENIIHLFTLTNLGAPAAFKYFDTTIDRKRYTSTKEVLDATLIH QSITGLYETRIDLSQLGGD (single underline: HNH domain; (double underline: RuvC domain). - In some embodiments, the Cas9 domain comprises a D10A mutation, while the residue at position 840 remains a histidine in the amino acid sequence provided in SEQ ID NO: 6, or at corresponding positions in any of the amino acid sequences provided in another Cas9 domain, such as any of the Cas9 proteins provided herein. Without wishing to be bound by any particular theory, the presence of the catalytic residue H840 restores the acvitity of the Cas9 to cleave the non-edited (e.g., non-deaminated) strand containing a G opposite the targeted C. Restoration of H840 (e.g., from A840) does not result in the cleavage of the target strand containing the C. Such Cas9 variants are able to generate a single-strand DNA break (nick) at a specific location based on the gRNA-defined target sequence, leading to repair of the non-edited strand, ultimately resulting in a G to A change on the non-edited strand. A schematic representation of this process is shown in
FIG. 108 . Briefly, the C of a C-G basepair can be deaminated to a U by a deaminase, e.g., an APOBEC deamonase. Nicking the non-edited strand, having the G, facilitates removal of the G via mismatch repair mechanisms. UGI inhibits UDG, which prevents removal of the U. - In other embodiments, dCas9 variants having mutations other than D10A and H840A are provided, which, e.g., result in nuclease inactivated Cas9 (dCas9). Such mutations, by way of example, include other amino acid substitutions at D10 and H820, or other substitutions within the nuclease domains of Cas9 (e.g., substitutions in the HNH nuclease subdomain and/or the RuvC1 subdomain). In some embodiments, variants or homologues of dCas9 (e.g., variants of SEQ ID NO: 6) are provided which are at least about 70% identical, at least about 80% identical, at least about 90% identical, at least about 95% identical, at least about 98% identical, at least about 99% identical, at least about 99.5% identical, or at least about 99.9% identical to SEQ ID NO: 6. In some embodiments, variants of dCas9 (e.g., variants of SEQ ID NO: 6) are provided having amino acid sequences which are shorter, or longer than SEQ ID NO: 6, by about 5 amino acids, by about 10 amino acids, by about 15 amino acids, by about 20 amino acids, by about 25 amino acids, by about 30 amino acids, by about 40 amino acids, by about 50 amino acids, by about 75 amino acids, by about 100 amino acids or more.
- In some embodiments, Cas9 fusion proteins as provided herein comprise the full-length amino acid sequence of a Cas9 protein, e.g., one of the Cas9 sequences provided herein. In other embodiments, however, fusion proteins as provided herein do not comprise a full-length Cas9 sequence, but only a fragment thereof. For example, in some embodiments, a Cas9 fusion protein provided herein comprises a Cas9 fragment, wherein the fragment binds crRNA and tracrRNA or sgRNA, but does not comprise a functional nuclease domain, e.g., in that it comprises only a truncated version of a nuclease domain or no nuclease domain at all. Exemplary amino acid sequences of suitable Cas9 domains and Cas9 fragments are provided herein, and additional suitable sequences of Cas9 domains and fragments will be apparent to those of skill in the art.
- In some embodiments, Cas9 refers to Cas9 from: Corynebacterium ulcerans (NCBI Refs: NC_015683.1, NC_017317.1); Corynebacterium diphtheria (NCBI Refs: NC_016782.1, NC_016786.1); Spiroplasma syrphidicola (NCBI Ref: NC_021284.1); Prevotella intermedia (NCBI Ref: NC_017861.1); Spiroplasma taiwanense (NCBI Ref: NC_021846.1); Streptococcus iniae (NCBI Ref: NC_021314.1); Belliella baltica (NCBI Ref: NC_018010.1); Psychroflexus torquis I (NCBI Ref: NC_018721.1); Streptococcus thermophilus (NCBI Ref: YP_820832.1); Listeria innocua (NCBI Ref: NP_472073.1); Campylobacter jejuni (NCBI Ref: YP_002344900.1); or Neisseria. meningitidis (NCBI Ref: YP_002342100.1).
- The term “deaminase” or “deaminase domain,” as used herein, refers to a protein or enzyme that catalyzes a deamination reaction. In some embodiments, the deaminase or deaminase domain is a cytidine deaminase, catalyzing the hydrolytic deamination of cytidine or deoxycytidine to uridine or deoxyuridine, respectively. In some embodiments, the deaminase or deaminase domain is a cytidine deaminase domain, catalyzing the hydrolytic deamination of cytosine to uracil. In some embodiments, the deaminase or deaminase domain is a naturally-occurring deaminase from an organism, such as a human, chimpanzee, gorilla, monkey, cow, dog, rat, or mouse. In some embodiments, the deaminase or deaminase domain is a variant of a naturally-occurring deaminase from an organism, that does not occur in nature. For example, in some embodiments, the deaminase or deaminase domain is at least 50%, at least 55%, at least 60%, at least 65%, at least 70%, at least 75% at least 80%, at least 85%, at least 90%, at least 95%, at least 96%, at least 97%, at least 98%, at least 99%, or at least 99.5% identical to a naturally-occurring deaminase from an organism.
- The term “effective amount,” as used herein, refers to an amount of a biologically active agent that is sufficient to elicit a desired biological response. For example, in some embodiments, an effective amount of a nuclease may refer to the amount of the nuclease that is sufficient to induce cleavage of a target site specifically bound and cleaved by the nuclease. In some embodiments, an effective amount of a fusion protein provided herein, e.g., of a fusion protein comprising a nuclease-inactive Cas9 domain and a nucleic acid editing domain (e.g., a deaminase domain) may refer to the amount of the fusion protein that is sufficient to induce editing of a target site specifically bound and edited by the fusion protein. As will be appreciated by the skilled artisan, the effective amount of an agent, e.g., a fusion protein, a nuclease, a deaminase, a recombinase, a hybrid protein, a protein dimer, a complex of a protein (or protein dimer) and a polynucleotide, or a polynucleotide, may vary depending on various factors as, for example, on the desired biological response, e.g., on the specific allele, genome, or target site to be edited, on the cell or tissue being targeted, and on the agent being used.
- The term “linker,” as used herein, refers to a chemical group or a molecule linking two molecules or moieties, e.g., two domains of a fusion protein, such as, for example, a nuclease-inactive Cas9 domain and a nucleic acid editing domain (e.g., a deaminase domain). A linker may be, for example, an amino acid sequence, a peptide, or a polymer of any length and composition. In some embodiments, a linker joins a gRNA binding domain of an RNA-programmable nuclease, including a Cas9 nuclease domain, and the catalytic domain of anucleic-acid editing protein. In some embodiments, a linker joins a dCas9 and a nucleic-acid editing protein. Typically, the linker is positioned between, or flanked by, two groups, molecules, or other moieties and connected to each one via a covalent bond, thus connecting the two. In some embodiments, the linker is an amino acid or a plurality of amino acids (e.g., a peptide or protein). In some embodiments, the linker is an organic molecule, group, polymer, or chemical moiety. In some embodiments, the linker is 1-100 amino acids in length, for example, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 30-35, 35-40, 40-45, 45-50, 50-60, 60-70, 70-80, 80-90, 90-100, 100-150, or 150-200 amino acids in length. Longer or shorter linkers are also contemplated.
- The term “mutation,” as used herein, refers to a substitution of a residue within a sequence, e.g., a nucleic acid or amino acid sequence, with another residue, or a deletion or insertion of one or more residues within a sequence. Mutations are typically described herein by identifying the original residue followed by the position of the residue within the sequence and by the identity of the newly substituted residue. Various methods for making the amino acid substitutions (mutations) provided herein are well known in the art, and are provided by, for example, Green and Sambrook, Molecular Cloning: A Laboratory Manual (4th ed., Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y. (2012)).
- The terms “nucleic acid” and “nucleic acid molecule,” as used herein, refer to a compound comprising a nucleobase and an acidic moiety, e.g., a nucleoside, a nucleotide, or a polymer of nucleotides. Typically, polymeric nucleic acids, e.g., nucleic acid molecules comprising three or more nucleotides are linear molecules, in which adjacent nucleotides are linked to each other via a phosphodiester linkage. In some embodiments, “nucleic acid” refers to individual nucleic acid residues (e.g. nucleotides and/or nucleosides). In some embodiments, “nucleic acid” refers to an oligonucleotide chain comprising three or more individual nucleotide residues. As used herein, the terms “oligonucleotide” and “polynucleotide” can be used interchangeably to refer to a polymer of nucleotides (e.g., a string of at least three nucleotides). In some embodiments, “nucleic acid” encompasses RNA as well as single and/or double-stranded DNA. Nucleic acids may be naturally occurring, for example, in the context of a genome, a transcript, an mRNA, tRNA, rRNA, siRNA, snRNA, a plasmid, cosmid, chromosome, chromatid, or other naturally occurring nucleic acid molecule. On the other hand, a nucleic acid molecule may be a non-naturally occurring molecule, e.g., a recombinant DNA or RNA, an artificial chromosome, an engineered genome, or fragment thereof, or a synthetic DNA, RNA, DNA/RNA hybrid, or including non-naturally occurring nucleotides or nucleosides. Furthermore, the terms “nucleic acid,” “DNA,” “RNA,” and/or similar terms include nucleic acid analogs, e.g., analogs having other than a phosphodiester backbone. Nucleic acids can be purified from natural sources, produced using recombinant expression systems and optionally purified, chemically synthesized, etc. Where appropriate, e.g., in the case of chemically synthesized molecules, nucleic acids can comprise nucleoside analogs such as analogs having chemically modified bases or sugars, and backbone modifications. A nucleic acid sequence is presented in the 5′ to 3′ direction unless otherwise indicated. In some embodiments, a nucleic acid is or comprises natural nucleosides (e.g. adenosine, thymidine, guanosine, cytidine, uridine, deoxyadenosine, deoxythymidine, deoxyguanosine, and deoxycytidine); nucleoside analogs (e.g., 2-aminoadenosine, 2-thiothymidine, inosine, pyrrolo-pyrimidine, 3-methyl adenosine, 5-methylcytidine, 2-aminoadenosine, C5-bromouridine, C5-fluorouridine, C5-iodouridine, C5-propynyl-uridine, C5-propynyl-cytidine, C5-methylcytidine, 2-aminoadenosine, 7-deazaadenosine, 7-deazaguanosine, 8-oxoadenosine, 8-oxoguanosine, O(6)-methylguanine, and 2-thiocytidine); chemically modified bases; biologically modified bases (e.g., methylated bases); intercalated bases; modified sugars (e.g., 2′-fluororibose, ribose, 2′-deoxyribose, arabinose, and hexose); and/or modified phosphate groups (e.g., phosphorothioates and 5′-N-phosphoramidite linkages).
- The term “nucleic acid editing domain,” as used herein refers to a protein or enzyme capable of making one or more modifications (e.g., deamination of a cytidine residue) to a nucleic acid (e.g., DNA or RNA). Exemplary nucleic acid editing domains include, but are not limited to a deaminase, a nuclease, a nickase, a recombinase, a methyltransferase, a methylase, an acetylase, an acetyltransferase, a transcriptional activator, or a transcriptional repressor domain. In some embodiments the nucleic acid editing domain is a deaminase (e.g., a cytidine deaminase, such as an APOBEC or an AID deaminase).
- The term “proliferative disease,” as used herein, refers to any disease in which cell or tissue homeostasis is disturbed in that a cell or cell population exhibits an abnormally elevated proliferation rate. Proliferative diseases include hyperproliferative diseases, such as pre-neoplastic hyperplastic conditions and neoplastic diseases. Neoplastic diseases are characterized by an abnormal proliferation of cells and include both benign and malignant neoplasias. Malignant neoplasia is also referred to as cancer.
- The terms “protein,” “peptide,” and “polypeptide” are used interchangeably herein, and refer to a polymer of amino acid residues linked together by peptide (amide) bonds. The terms refer to a protein, peptide, or polypeptide of any size, structure, or function. Typically, a protein, peptide, or polypeptide will be at least three amino acids long. A protein, peptide, or polypeptide may refer to an individual protein or a collection of proteins. One or more of the amino acids in a protein, peptide, or polypeptide may be modified, for example, by the addition of a chemical entity such as a carbohydrate group, a hydroxyl group, a phosphate group, a farnesyl group, an isofarnesyl group, a fatty acid group, a linker for conjugation, functionalization, or other modification, etc. A protein, peptide, or polypeptide may also be a single molecule or may be a multi-molecular complex. A protein, peptide, or polypeptide may be just a fragment of a naturally occurring protein or peptide. A protein, peptide, or polypeptide may be naturally occurring, recombinant, or synthetic, or any combination thereof. The term “fusion protein” as used herein refers to a hybrid polypeptide which comprises protein domains from at least two different proteins. One protein may be located at the amino-terminal (N-terminal) portion of the fusion protein or at the carboxy-terminal (C-terminal) protein thus forming an “amino-terminal fusion protein” or a “carboxy-terminal fusion protein,” respectively. A protein may comprise different domains, for example, a nucleic acid binding domain (e.g., the gRNA binding domain of Cas9 that directs the binding of the protein to a target site) and a nucleic acid cleavage domain or a catalytic domain of a nucleic-acid editing protein. In some embodiments, a protein comprises a proteinaceous part, e.g., an amino acid sequence constituting a nucleic acid binding domain, and an organic compound, e.g., a compound that can act as a nucleic acid cleavage agent. In some embodiments, a protein is in a complex with, or is in association with, a nucleic acid, e.g., RNA. Any of the proteins provided herein may be produced by any method known in the art. For example, the proteins provided herein may be produced via recombinant protein expression and purification, which is especially suited for fusion proteins comprising a peptide linker. Methods for recombinant protein expression and purification are well known, and include those described by Green and Sambrook, Molecular Cloning: A Laboratory Manual (4th ed., Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y. (2012)), the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.
- The term “subject,” as used herein, refers to an individual organism, for example, an individual mammal. In some embodiments, the subject is a human. In some embodiments, the subject is a non-human mammal. In some embodiments, the subject is a non-human primate. In some embodiments, the subject is a rodent. In some embodiments, the subject is a sheep, a goat, a cattle, a cat, or a dog. In some embodiments, the subject is a vertebrate, an amphibian, a reptile, a fish, an insect, a fly, or a nematode. In some embodiments, the subject is a research animal. In some embodiments, the subject is genetically engineered, e.g., a genetically engineered non-human subject. The subject may be of either sex and at any stage of development.
- The term “target site” refers to a sequence within a nucleic acid molecule that is deaminated by a deaminase or a fusion protein comprising a deaminase, (e.g., a dCas9-deaminase fusion protein provided herein).
- The terms “treatment,” “treat,” and “treating” refer to a clinical intervention aimed to reverse, alleviate, delay the onset of, or inhibit the progress of a disease or disorder, or one or more symptoms thereof, as described herein. As used herein, the terms “treatment,” “treat,” and “treating” refer to a clinical intervention aimed to reverse, alleviate, delay the onset of, or inhibit the progress of a disease or disorder, or one or more symptoms thereof, as described herein. In some embodiments, treatment may be administered after one or more symptoms have developed and/or after a disease has been diagnosed. In other embodiments, treatment may be administered in the absence of symptoms, e.g., to prevent or delay onset of a symptom or inhibit onset or progression of a disease. For example, treatment may be administered to a susceptible individual prior to the onset of symptoms (e.g., in light of a history of symptoms and/or in light of genetic or other susceptibility factors). Treatment may also be continued after symptoms have resolved, for example, to prevent or delay their recurrence.
- The term “recombinant” as used herein in the context of proteins or nucleic acids refers to proteins or nucleic acids that do not occur in nature, but are the product of human engineering. For example, in some embodiments, a recombinant protein or nucleic acid molecule comprises an amino acid or nucleotide sequence that comprises at least one, at least two, at least three, at least four, at least five, at least six, or at least seven mutations as compared to any naturally occurring sequence.
- The term “pharmaceutical composition,” as used herein, refers to a composition that can be administrated to a subject in the context of treatment of a disease or disorder. In some embodiments, a pharmaceutical composition comprises an active ingredient, e.g., a nuclease or a nucleic acid encoding a nuclease, and a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient.
- The term “base editor (BE),” or “nucleobase editor (NBE),” as used herein, refers to an agent comprising a polypeptide that is capable of making a modification to a base (e.g., A, T, C, G, or U) within a nucleic acid sequence (e.g., DNA or RNA). In some embodiments, the base editor is capable of deaminating a base within a nucleic acid. In some embodiments, the base editor is capable of deaminating a base within a DNA molecule. In some embodiments, the base editor is capable of deaminating an cytosine (C) in DNA. In some embodiments, the base editor is a fusion protein comprising a nucleic acid programmable DNA binding protein (napDNAbp) fused to a cytidine deaminase domain. In some embodiments, the base editor comprises a Cas9 (e.g., dCas9 and nCas9), CasX, CasY, Cpf1, C2c1, C2c2, C2c3, or Argonaute protein fused to a cytidine deaminase. In some embodiments, the base editor comprises a Cas9 nickase (nCas9) fused to an cytidine deaminase. In some embodiments, the base editor comprises a nuclease-inactive Cas9 (dCas9) fused to a cytidine deaminase. In some embodiments, the base editor is fused to an inhibitor of base excision repair, for example, a UGI domain. In some embodiments, the base editor comprises a CasX protein fused to a cytidine deaminase. In some embodiments, the base editor comprises a CasY protein fused to a cytidine deaminase. In some embodiments, the base editor comprises a Cpf1 protein fused to a cytidine deaminase. In some embodiments, the base editor comprises a C2c1 protein fused to a cytidine deaminase. In some embodiments, the base editor comprises a C2c2 protein fused to a cytidine deaminase. In some embodiments, the base editor comprises a C2c3 protein fused to a cytidine deaminase. In some embodiments, the base editor comprises an Argonaute protein fused to a cytidine deaminase.
- The term “uracil glycosylase inhibitor” or “UGI,” as used herein, refers to a protein that is capable of inhibiting a uracil-DNA glycosylase base-excision repair enzyme.
- The term “Cas9 nickase,” as used herein, refers to a Cas9 protein that is capable of cleaving only one strand of a duplexed nucleic acid molecule (e.g., a duplexed DNA molecule). In some embodiments, a Cas9 nickase comprises a D10A mutation and has a histidine at position H840 of SEQ ID NO: 6, or a corresponding mutation in another Cas9 domain, such as any of the Cas9 proteins provided herein. For example, a Cas9 nickase may comprise the amino acid sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 8. Such a Cas9 nickase has an active HNH nuclease domain and is able to cleave the non-targeted strand of DNA, i.e., the strand bound by the gRNA. Further, such a Cas9 nickase has an inactive RuvC nuclease domain and is not able to cleave the targeted strand of the DNA, i.e., the strand where base editing is desired.
- Exemplary Cas9 nickase (Cloning vector pPlatTET-gRNA2; Accession No. BAV54124).
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(SEQ ID NO: 8) MDKKYSIGLAIGTNSVGWAVITDEYKVPSKKFKVLGNTDRHSIKKNLIGA LLFDSGETAEATRLKRTARRRYTRRKNRICYLQEIFSNEMAKVDDSFFHR LEESFLVEEDKKHERHPIFGNIVDEVAYHEKYPTIYHLRKKLVDSTDKAD LRLIYLALAHMIKFRGHFLIEGDLNPDNSDVDKLFIQLVQTYNQLFEENP INASGVDAKAILSARLSKSRRLENLIAQLPGEKKNGLFGNLIALSLGLTP NFKSNFDLAEDAKLQLSKDTYDDDLDNLLAQIGDQYADLFLAAKNLSDAI LLSDILRVNTEITKAPLSASMIKRYDEHHQDLTLLKALVRQQLPEKYKEI FFDQSKNGYAGYIDGGASQEEFYKFIKPILEKMDGTEELLVKLNREDLLR KQRTFDNGSIPHQIHLGELHAILRRQEDFYPFLKDNREKIEKILTFRIPY YVGPLARGNSRFAWMTRKSEETITPWNFEEVVDKGASAQSFIERMTNFDK NLPNEKVLPKHSLLYEYFTVYNELTKVKYVTEGMRKPAFLSGEQKKAIVD LLFKTNRKVTVKQLKEDYFKKIECFDSVEISGVEDRFNASLGTYHDLLKI IKDKDFLDNEENEDILEDIVLTLTLFEDREMIEERLKTYAHLFDDKVMKQ LKRRRYTGWGRLSRKLINGIRDKQSGKTILDFLKSDGFANRNFMQLIHDD SLTFKEDIQKAQVSGQGDSLHEHIANLAGSPAIKKGILQTVKVVDELVKV MGRHKPENIVIEMARENQTTQKGQKNSRERMKRIEEGIKELGSQILKEHP VENTQLQNEKLYLYYLQNGRDMYVDQELDINRLSDYDVDHIVPQSFLKDD SIDNKVLTRSDKNRGKSDNVPSEEVVKKMKNYWRQLLNAKLITQRKFDNL TKAERGGLSELDKAGFIKRQLVETRQITKHVAQILDSRMNTKYDENDKLI REVKVITLKSKLVSDFRKDFQFYKVREINNYHHAHDAYLNAVVGTALIKK YPKLESEFVYGDYKVYDVRKMIAKSEQEIGKATAKYFFYSNIMNFFKTEI TLANGEIRKRPLIETNGETGEIVWDKGRDFATVRKVLSMPQVNIVKKTEV QTGGFSKESILPKRNSDKLIARKKDWDPKKYGGFDSPTVAYSVLVVAKVE KGKSKKLKSVKELLGITIMERSSFEKNPIDFLEAKGYKEVKKDLIIKLPK YSLFELENGRKRMLASAGELQKGNELALPSKYVNFLYLASHYEKLKGSPE DNEQKQLFVEQHKHYLDEIIEQISEFSKRVILADANLDKVLSAYNKHRDK PIREQAENIIHLFTLTNLGAPAAFKYFDTTIDRKRYTSTKEVLDATLIHQ SITGLYETRIDLSQLGGD - Some aspects of this disclosure provide fusion proteins that comprise a domain capable of binding to a nucleotide sequence (e.g., a Cas9, or a Cpf1 protein) and an enzyme domain, for example, a DNA-editing domain, such as, e.g., a deaminase domain. The deamination of a nucleobase by a deaminase can lead to a point mutation at the respective residue, which is referred to herein as nucleic acid editing. Fusion proteins comprising a Cas9 variant or domain and a DNA editing domain can thus be used for the targeted editing of nucleic acid sequences. Such fusion proteins are useful for targeted editing of DNA in vitro, e.g., for the generation of mutant cells or animals; for the introduction of targeted mutations, e.g., for the correction of genetic defects in cells ex vivo, e.g., in cells obtained from a subject that are subsequently re-introduced into the same or another subject; and for the introduction of targeted mutations, e.g., the correction of genetic defects or the introduction of deactivating mutations in disease-associated genes in a subject. Typically, the Cas9 domain of the fusion proteins described herein does not have any nuclease activity but instead is a Cas9 fragment or a dCas9 protein or domain. Other aspects of the invention provide fusion proteins that comprise (i) a domain capable of binding to a nucleic acid sequence (e.g., a Cas9, or a Cpf1 protein); (ii) an enzyme domain, for example, a DNA-editing domain (e.g., a deaminase domain); and (iii) one or more uracil glycosylase inhibitor (UGI) domains. The presence of at least one UGI domain increases base editing efficiency compared to fusion proteins without a UGI domain. A fusion protein comprising two UGI domains further increases base editing efficiency and product purity compared to fusion proteins with one UGI domain or without a UGI domain. Methods for the use of Cas9 fusion proteins as described herein are also provided.
- Some aspects of the disclosure provide nucleic acid programmable DNA binding proteins, which may be used to guide a protein, such as a base editor, to a specific nucleic acid (e.g., DNA or RNA) sequence. It should be appreciated that any of the fusion proteins (e.g., base editors) provided herein may include any nucleic acid programmable DNA binding protein (napDNAbp). For example, any of the fusion proteins described herein that include a Cas9 domain, can use another napDNAbp, such as CasX, CasY, Cpf1, C2c1, C2c2, C2c3, and Argonaute, in place of the Cas9 domain. Nucleic acid programmable DNA binding proteins include, without limitation, Cas9 (e.g., dCas9 and nCas9), CasX, CasY, Cpf1, C2c1, C2c2, C2C3, and Argonaute. One example of a nucleic acid programmable DNA-binding protein that has a different PAM specificity than Cas9 is Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats from Prevotella and Francisella 1 (Cpf1). Similar to Cas9, Cpf1 is also a
class 2 CRISPR effector. It has been shown that Cpf1 mediates robust DNA interference with features distinct from Cas9. Cpf1 is a single RNA-guided endonuclease lacking tracrRNA, and it utilizes a T-rich protospacer-adjacent motif (TTN, TTTN, or YTN). Moreover, Cpf1 cleaves DNA via a staggered DNA double-stranded break. Out of 16 Cpf1-family proteins, two enzymes from Acidaminococcus and Lachnospiraceae are shown to have efficient genome-editing activity in human cells. Cpf1 proteins are known in the art and have been described previously, for example, Yamano et al., “Crystal structure of Cpf1 in complex with guide RNA and target DNA.” Cell (165) 2016, p. 949-962; the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference. - Also useful in the present compositions and methods are nuclease-inactive Cpf1 (dCpf1) variants that may be used as a guide nucleotide sequence-programmable DNA-binding protein domain. The Cpf1 protein has a RuvC-like endonuclease domain that is similar to the RuvC domain of Cas9 but does not have a HNH endonuclease domain, and the N-terminal of Cpf1 does not have the alpha-helical recognition lobe of Cas9. It was shown in Zetsche et al., Cell, 163, 759-771, 2015 (which is incorporated herein by reference) that, the RuvC-like domain of Cpf1 is responsible for cleaving both DNA strands and inactivation of the RuvC-like domain inactivates Cpf1 nuclease activity. For example, mutations corresponding to D917A, E1006A, or D1255A in Francisella novicida Cpf1 (SEQ ID NO: 15) inactivate Cpf1 nuclease activity. In some embodiments, the dead Cpf1 (dCpf1) comprises mutations corresponding to D917A, E1006A, D1255A, D917A/E1006A, D917A/D1255A, E1006A/D1255A, or D917A/E1006A/D1255A in SEQ ID NO: 9. It is to be understood that any mutations, e.g., substitution mutations, deletions, or insertions, that inactivate the RuvC domain of Cpf1, may be used in accordance with the present disclosure.
- In some embodiments, the nucleic acid programmable DNA binding protein (napDNAbp) of any of the fusion proteins provided herein is a Cpf1 protein. In some embodiments, the Cpf1 protein is a Cpf1 nickase (nCpf1). In some embodiments, the Cpf1 protein is a nuclease inactive Cpf1 (dCpf1). In some embodiments, the Cpf1, the nCpf1, or the dCpf1 comprises an amino acid sequence that is at least 85%, at least 90%, at least 91%, at least 92%, at least 93%, at least 94%, at least 95%, at least 96%, at least 97%, at least 98%, at least 99%, or at least 99.5% identical to any one of SEQ ID NOs: 9-24. In some embodiments, the dCpf1 comprises an amino acid sequence that is at least 85%, at least 90%, at least 91%, at least 92%, at least 93%, at least 94%, at least 95%, at least 96%, at least 97%, at least 98%, at least 99%, or at least 99.5% identical to any one of SEQ ID NOs: 9-16, and comprises mutations corresponding to D917A, E1006A, D1255A, D917A/E1006A, D917A/D1255A, E1006A/D1255A, or D917A/E1006A/D1255A in SEQ ID NO: 9. In some embodiments, the dCpf1 protein comprises an amino acid sequence of any one SEQ ID NOs: 9-16. It should be appreciated that Cpf1 from other species may also be used in accordance with the present disclosure.
- Wild type Francisella novicida Cpf1 (SEQ ID NO: 9) (D917, E1006, and D1255 are bolded and underlined)
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(SEQ ID NO: 9) MSIYQEFVNKYSLSKTLRFELIPQGKTLENIKARGLILDDEKRAKDYKKA KQIIDKYHQFFIEEILSSVCISEDLLQNYSDVYFKLKKSDDDNLQKDFKS AKDTIKKQISEYIKDSEKFKNLFNQNLIDAKKGQESDLILWLKQSKDNGI ELFKANSDITDIDEALEIIKSFKGWTTYFKGFHENRKNVYSSNDIPTSII YRIVDDNLPKFLENKAKYESLKDKAPEAINYEQIKKDLAEELTFDIDYKT SEVNQRVFSLDEVFEIANFNNYLNQSGITKFNTIIGGKFVNGENTKRKGI NEYINLYSQQINDKTLKKYKMSVLFKQILSDTESKSFVIDKLEDDSDVVT TMQSFYEQIAAFKTVEEKSIKETLSLLFDDLKAQKLDLSKIYFKNDKSLT DLSQQVFDDYSVIGTAVLEYITQQIAPKNLDNPSKKEQELIAKKTEKAKY LSLETIKLALEEFNKHRDIDKQCRFEEILANFAAIPMIFDEIAQNKDNLA QISIKYQNQGKKDLLQASAEDDVKAIKDLLDQTNNLLHKLKIFHISQSED KANILDKDEHFYLVFEECYFELANIVPLYNKIRNYITQKPYSDEKFKLNF ENSTLANGWDKNKEPDNTAILFIKDDKYYLGVMNKKNNKIFDDKAIKENK GEGYKKIVYKLLPGANKMLPKVFFSAKSIKFYNPSEDILRIRNHSTHTKN GSPQKGYEKFEFNIEDCRKFIDFYKQSISKHPEWKDFGFRFSDTQRYNSI DEFYREVENQGYKLTFENISESYIDSVVNQGKLYLFQIYNKDFSAYSKGR PNLHTLYWKALFDERNLQDVVYKLNGEAELFYRKQSIPKKITHPAKEAIA NKNKDNPKKESVFEYDLIKDKRFTEDKFFFHCPITINFKSSGANKFNDEI NLLLKEKANDVHILSI D RGERHLAYYTLVDGKGNIIKQDTFNIIGNDRMK TNYHDKLAAIEKDRDSARKDWKKINNIKEMKEGYLSQVVHEIAKLVIEYN AIVVF E DLNFGFKRGRFKVEKQVYQKLEKMLIEKLNYLVFKDNEFDKTGG VLRAYQLTAPFETFKKMGKQTGIIYYVPAGFTSKICPVTGFVNQLYPKYE SVSKSQEFFSKFDKICYNLDKGYFEFSFDYKNFGDKAAKGKWTIASFGSR LINFRNSDKNHNWDTREVYPTKELEKLLKDYSIEYGHGECIKAAICGESD KKFFAKLTSVLNTILQMRNSKTGTELDYLISPVADVNGNFFDSRQAPKNM PQDA D ANGAYHIGLKGLMLLGRIKNNQEGKKLNLVIKNEEYFEFVQNRNN
Francisella novicida Cpf1 D917A (SEQ ID NO: 10) (A917, E1006, and D1255 are bolded and underlined) -
(SEQ ID NO: 10) MSIYQEFVNKYSLSKTLRFELIPQGKTLENIKARGLILDDEKRAKDYKKA KQIIDKYHQFFIEEILSSVCISEDLLQNYSDVYFKLKKSDDDNLQKDFKS AKDTIKKQISEYIKDSEKFKNLFNQNLIDAKKGQESDLILWLKQSKDNGI ELFKANSDITDIDEALEIIKSFKGWTTYFKGFHENRKNVYSSNDIPTSII YRIVDDNLPKFLENKAKYESLKDKAPEAINYEQIKKDLAEELTFDIDYKT SEVNQRVFSLDEVFEIANFNNYLNQSGITKFNTIIGGKFVNGENTKRKGI NEYINLYSQQINDKTLKKYKMSVLFKQILSDTESKSFVIDKLEDDSDVVT TMQSFYEQIAAFKTVEEKSIKETLSLLFDDLKAQKLDLSKIYFKNDKSLT DLSQQVFDDYSVIGTAVLEYITQQIAPKNLDNPSKKEQELIAKKTEKAKY LSLETIKLALEEFNKHRDIDKQCRFEEILANFAAIPMIFDEIAQNKDNLA QISIKYQNQGKKDLLQASAEDDVKAIKDLLDQTNNLLHKLKIFHISQSED KANILDKDEHFYLVFEECYFELANIVPLYNKIRNYITQKPYSDEKFKLNF ENSTLANGWDKNKEPDNTAILFIKDDKYYLGVMNKKNNKIFDDKAIKENK GEGYKKIVYKLLPGANKMLPKVFFSAKSIKFYNPSEDILRIRNHSTHTKN GSPQKGYEKFEFNIEDCRKFIDFYKQSISKHPEWKDFGFRFSDTQRYNSI DEFYREVENQGYKLTFENISESYIDSVVNQGKLYLFQIYNKDFSAYSKGR PNLHTLYWKALFDERNLQDVVYKLNGEAELFYRKQSIPKKITHPAKEAIA NKNKDNPKKESVFEYDLIKDKRFTEDKFFFHCPITINFKSSGANKFNDEI NLLLKEKANDVHILSI A RGERHLAYYTLVDGKGNIIKQDTFNIIGNDRMK TNYHDKLAAIEKDRDSARKDWKKINNIKEMKEGYLSQVVHEIAKLVIEYN AIVVF E DLNFGFKRGRFKVEKQVYQKLEKMLIEKLNYLVFKDNEFDKTGG VLRAYQLTAPFETFKKMGKQTGIIYYVPAGFTSKICPVTGFVNQLYPKYE SVSKSQEFFSKFDKICYNLDKGYFEFSFDYKNFGDKAAKGKWTIASFGSR LINFRNSDKNHNWDTREVYPTKELEKLLKDYSIEYGHGECIKAAICGESD KKFFAKLTSVLNTILQMRNSKTGTELDYLISPVADVNGNFFDSRQAPKNM PQDA D ANGAYHIGLKGLMLLGRIKNNQEGKKLNLVIKNEEYFEFVQNRNN
Francisella novicida Cpf1 E1006A (SEQ ID NO: 11) (D917, A1006, and D1255 are bolded and underlined) -
(SEQ ID NO: 11) MSIYQEFVNKYSLSKTLRFELIPQGKTLENIKARGLILDDEKRAKDYKKA KQIIDKYHQFFIEEILSSVCISEDLLQNYSDVYFKLKKSDDDNLQKDFKS AKDTIKKQISEYIKDSEKFKNLFNQNLIDAKKGQESDLILWLKQSKDNGI ELFKANSDITDIDEALEIIKSFKGWTTYFKGFHENRKNVYSSNDIPTSII YRIVDDNLPKFLENKAKYESLKDKAPEAINYEQIKKDLAEELTFDIDYKT SEVNQRVFSLDEVFEIANFNNYLNQSGITKFNTIIGGKFVNGENTKRKGI NEYINLYSQQINDKTLKKYKMSVLFKQILSDTESKSFVIDKLEDDSDVVT TMQSFYEQIAAFKTVEEKSIKETLSLLFDDLKAQKLDLSKIYFKNDKSLT DLSQQVFDDYSVIGTAVLEYITQQIAPKNLDNPSKKEQELIAKKTEKAKY LSLETIKLALEEFNKHRDIDKQCRFEEILANFAAIPMIFDEIAQNKDNLA QISIKYQNQGKKDLLQASAEDDVKAIKDLLDQTNNLLHKLKIFHISQSED KANILDKDEHFYLVFEECYFELANIVPLYNKIRNYITQKPYSDEKFKLNF ENSTLANGWDKNKEPDNTAILFIKDDKYYLGVMNKKNNKIFDDKAIKENK GEGYKKIVYKLLPGANKMLPKVFFSAKSIKFYNPSEDILRIRNHSTHTKN GSPQKGYEKFEFNIEDCRKFIDFYKQSISKHPEWKDFGFRFSDTQRYNSI DEFYREVENQGYKLTFENISESYIDSVVNQGKLYLFQIYNKDFSAYSKGR PNLHTLYWKALFDERNLQDVVYKLNGEAELFYRKQSIPKKITHPAKEAIA NKNKDNPKKESVFEYDLIKDKRFTEDKFFFHCPITINFKSSGANKFNDEI NLLLKEKANDVHILSI D RGERHLAYYTLVDGKGNIIKQDTFNIIGNDRMK TNYHDKLAAIEKDRDSARKDWKKINNIKEMKEGYLSQVVHEIAKLVIEYN AIVVF A DLNFGFKRGRFKVEKQVYQKLEKMLIEKLNYLVFKDNEFDKTGG VLRAYQLTAPFETFKKMGKQTGIIYYVPAGFTSKICPVTGFVNQLYPKYE SVSKSQEFFSKFDKICYNLDKGYFEFSFDYKNFGDKAAKGKWTIASFGSR LINFRNSDKNHNWDTREVYPTKELEKLLKDYSIEYGHGECIKAAICGESD KKFFAKLTSVLNTILQMRNSKTGTELDYLISPVADVNGNFFDSRQAPKNM PQDA D ANGAYHIGLKGLMLLGRIKNNQEGKKLNLVIKNEEYFEFVQNRNN
Francisella novicida Cpf1 D1255A (SEQ ID NO: 12) (D917, E1006, and A1255 are bolded and underlined) -
(SEQ ID NO: 12) MSIYQEFVNKYSLSKTLRFELIPQGKTLENIKARGLILDDEKRAKDYKKA KQIIDKYHQFFIEEILSSVCISEDLLQNYSDVYFKLKKSDDDNLQKDFKS AKDTIKKQISEYIKDSEKFKNLFNQNLIDAKKGQESDLILWLKQSKDNGI ELFKANSDITDIDEALEIIKSFKGWTTYFKGFHENRKNVYSSNDIPTSII YRIVDDNLPKFLENKAKYESLKDKAPEAINYEQIKKDLAEELTFDIDYKT SEVNQRVFSLDEVFEIANFNNYLNQSGITKFNTIIGGKFVNGENTKRKGI NEYINLYSQQINDKTLKKYKMSVLFKQILSDTESKSFVIDKLEDDSDVVT TMQSFYEQIAAFKTVEEKSIKETLSLLFDDLKAQKLDLSKIYFKNDKSLT DLSQQVFDDYSVIGTAVLEYITQQIAPKNLDNPSKKEQELIAKKTEKAKY LSLETIKLALEEFNKHRDIDKQCRFEEILANFAAIPMIFDEIAQNKDNLA QISIKYQNQGKKDLLQASAEDDVKAIKDLLDQTNNLLHKLKIFHISQSED KANILDKDEHFYLVFEECYFELANIVPLYNKIRNYITQKPYSDEKFKLNF ENSTLANGWDKNKEPDNTAILFIKDDKYYLGVMNKKNNKIFDDKAIKENK GEGYKKIVYKLLPGANKMLPKVFFSAKSIKFYNPSEDILRIRNHSTHTKN GSPQKGYEKFEFNIEDCRKFIDFYKQSISKHPEWKDFGFRFSDTQRYNSI DEFYREVENQGYKLTFENISESYIDSVVNQGKLYLFQIYNKDFSAYSKGR PNLHTLYWKALFDERNLQDVVYKLNGEAELFYRKQSIPKKITHPAKEAIA NKNKDNPKKESVFEYDLIKDKRFTEDKFFFHCPITINFKSSGANKFNDEI NLLLKEKANDVHILSI D RGERHLAYYTLVDGKGNIIKQDTFNIIGNDRMK TNYHDKLAAIEKDRDSARKDWKKINNIKEMKEGYLSQVVHEIAKLVIEYN AIVVF E DLNFGFKRGRFKVEKQVYQKLEKMLIEKLNYLVFKDNEFDKTGG VLRAYQLTAPFETFKKMGKQTGIIYYVPAGFTSKICPVTGFVNQLYPKYE SVSKSQEFFSKFDKICYNLDKGYFEFSFDYKNFGDKAAKGKWTIASFGSR LINFRNSDKNHNWDTREVYPTKELEKLLKDYSIEYGHGECIKAAICGESD KKFFAKLTSVLNTILQMRNSKTGTELDYLISPVADVNGNFFDSRQAPKNM PQDA A ANGAYHIGLKGLMLLGRIKNNQEGKKLNLVIKNEEYFEFVQNRNN
Francisella novicida Cpf1 D917A/E1006A (SEQ ID NO: 13) (A917, A1006, and D1255 are bolded and underlined) -
(SEQ ID NO: 13) MSIYQEFVNKYSLSKTLRFELIPQGKTLENIKARGLILDDEKRAKDYKKA KQIIDKYHQFFIEEILSSVCISEDLLQNYSDVYFKLKKSDDDNLQKDFKS AKDTIKKQISEYIKDSEKFKNLFNQNLIDAKKGQESDLILWLKQSKDNGI ELFKANSDITDIDEALEIIKSFKGWTTYFKGFHENRKNVYSSNDIPTSII YRIVDDNLPKFLENKAKYESLKDKAPEAINYEQIKKDLAEELTFDIDYKT SEVNQRVFSLDEVFEIANFNNYLNQSGITKFNTIIGGKFVNGENTKRKGI NEYINLYSQQINDKTLKKYKMSVLFKQILSDTESKSFVIDKLEDDSDVVT TMQSFYEQIAAFKTVEEKSIKETLSLLFDDLKAQKLDLSKIYFKNDKSLT DLSQQVFDDYSVIGTAVLEYITQQIAPKNLDNPSKKEQELIAKKTEKAKY LSLETIKLALEEFNKHRDIDKQCRFEEILANFAAIPMIFDEIAQNKDNLA QISIKYQNQGKKDLLQASAEDDVKAIKDLLDQTNNLLHKLKIFHISQSED KANILDKDEHFYLVFEECYFELANIVPLYNKIRNYITQKPYSDEKFKLNF ENSTLANGWDKNKEPDNTAILFIKDDKYYLGVMNKKNNKIFDDKAIKENK GEGYKKIVYKLLPGANKMLPKVFFSAKSIKFYNPSEDILRIRNHSTHTKN GSPQKGYEKFEFNIEDCRKFIDFYKQSISKHPEWKDFGFRFSDTQRYNSI DEFYREVENQGYKLTFENISESYIDSVVNQGKLYLFQIYNKDFSAYSKGR PNLHTLYWKALFDERNLQDVVYKLNGEAELFYRKQSIPKKITHPAKEAIA NKNKDNPKKESVFEYDLIKDKRFTEDKFFFHCPITINFKSSGANKFNDEI NLLLKEKANDVHILSI A RGERHLAYYTLVDGKGNIIKQDTFNIIGNDRMK TNYHDKLAAIEKDRDSARKDWKKINNIKEMKEGYLSQVVHEIAKLVIEYN AIVVF A DLNFGFKRGRFKVEKQVYQKLEKMLIEKLNYLVFKDNEFDKTGG VLRAYQLTAPFETFKKMGKQTGIIYYVPAGFTSKICPVTGFVNQLYPKYE SVSKSQEFFSKFDKICYNLDKGYFEFSFDYKNFGDKAAKGKWTIASFGSR LINFRNSDKNHNWDTREVYPTKELEKLLKDYSIEYGHGECIKAAICGESD KKFFAKLTSVLNTILQMRNSKTGTELDYLISPVADVNGNFFDSRQAPKNM PQDA D ANGAYHIGLKGLMLLGRIKNNQEGKKLNLVIKNEEYFEFVQNRNN
Francisella novicida Cpf1 D917A/D1255A (SEQ ID NO: 14) (A917, E1006, and A1255 are bolded and underlined) -
(SEQ ID NO: 14) MSIYQEFVNKYSLSKTLRFELIPQGKTLENIKARGLILDDEKRAKDYKKA KQIIDKYHQFFIEEILSSVCISEDLLQNYSDVYFKLKKSDDDNLQKDFKS AKDTIKKQISEYIKDSEKFKNLFNQNLIDAKKGQESDLILWLKQSKDNGI ELFKANSDITDIDEALEIIKSFKGWTTYFKGFHENRKNVYSSNDIPTSII YRIVDDNLPKFLENKAKYESLKDKAPEAINYEQIKKDLAEELTFDIDYKT SEVNQRVFSLDEVFEIANFNNYLNQSGITKFNTIIGGKFVNGENTKRKGI NEYINLYSQQINDKTLKKYKMSVLFKQILSDTESKSFVIDKLEDDSDVVT TMQSFYEQIAAFKTVEEKSIKETLSLLFDDLKAQKLDLSKIYFKNDKSLT DLSQQVFDDYSVIGTAVLEYITQQIAPKNLDNPSKKEQELIAKKTEKAKY LSLETIKLALEEFNKHRDIDKQCRFEEILANFAAIPMIFDEIAQNKDNLA QISIKYQNQGKKDLLQASAEDDVKAIKDLLDQTNNLLHKLKIFHISQSED KANILDKDEHFYLVFEECYFELANIVPLYNKIRNYITQKPYSDEKFKLNF ENSTLANGWDKNKEPDNTAILFIKDDKYYLGVMNKKNNKIFDDKAIKENK GEGYKKIVYKLLPGANKMLPKVFFSAKSIKFYNPSEDILRIRNHSTHTKN GSPQKGYEKFEFNIEDCRKFIDFYKQSISKHPEWKDFGFRFSDTQRYNSI DEFYREVENQGYKLTFENISESYIDSVVNQGKLYLFQIYNKDFSAYSKGR PNLHTLYWKALFDERNLQDVVYKLNGEAELFYRKQSIPKKITHPAKEAIA NKNKDNPKKESVFEYDLIKDKRFTEDKFFFHCPITINFKSSGANKFNDEI NLLLKEKANDVHILSI A RGERHLAYYTLVDGKGNIIKQDTFNIIGNDRMK TNYHDKLAAIEKDRDSARKDWKKINNIKEMKEGYLSQVVHEIAKLVIEYN AIVVF E DLNFGFKRGRFKVEKQVYQKLEKMLIEKLNYLVFKDNEFDKTGG VLRAYQLTAPFETFKKMGKQTGIIYYVPAGFTSKICPVTGFVNQLYPKYE SVSKSQEFFSKFDKICYNLDKGYFEFSFDYKNFGDKAAKGKWTIASFGSR LINFRNSDKNHNWDTREVYPTKELEKLLKDYSIEYGHGECIKAAICGESD KKFFAKLTSVLNTILQMRNSKTGTELDYLISPVADVNGNFFDSRQAPKNM PQDA A ANGAYHIGLKGLMLLGRIKNNQEGKKLNLVIKNEEYFEFVQNRNN
Francisella novicida Cpf1 E1006A/D1255A (SEQ ID NO: 15) (D917, A1006, and A1255 are bolded and underlined) -
(SEQ ID NO: 15) MSIYQEFVNKYSLSKTLRFELIPQGKTLENIKARGLILDDEKRAKDYKKA KQIIDKYHQFFIEEILSSVCISEDLLQNYSDVYFKLKKSDDDNLQKDFKS AKDTIKKQISEYIKDSEKFKNLFNQNLIDAKKGQESDLILWLKQSKDNGI ELFKANSDITDIDEALEIIKSFKGWTTYFKGFHENRKNVYSSNDIPTSII YRIVDDNLPKFLENKAKYESLKDKAPEAINYEQIKKDLAEELTFDIDYKT SEVNQRVFSLDEVFEIANFNNYLNQSGITKFNTIIGGKFVNGENTKRKGI NEYINLYSQQINDKTLKKYKMSVLFKQILSDTESKSFVIDKLEDDSDVVT TMQSFYEQIAAFKTVEEKSIKETLSLLFDDLKAQKLDLSKIYFKNDKSLT DLSQQVFDDYSVIGTAVLEYITQQIAPKNLDNPSKKEQELIAKKTEKAKY LSLETIKLALEEFNKHRDIDKQCRFEEILANFAAIPMIFDEIAQNKDNLA QISIKYQNQGKKDLLQASAEDDVKAIKDLLDQTNNLLHKLKIFHISQSED KANILDKDEHFYLVFEECYFELANIVPLYNKIRNYITQKPYSDEKFKLNF ENSTLANGWDKNKEPDNTAILFIKDDKYYLGVMNKKNNKIFDDKAIKENK GEGYKKIVYKLLPGANKMLPKVFFSAKSIKFYNPSEDILRIRNHSTHTKN GSPQKGYEKFEFNIEDCRKFIDFYKQSISKHPEWKDFGFRFSDTQRYNSI DEFYREVENQGYKLTFENISESYIDSVVNQGKLYLFQIYNKDFSAYSKGR PNLHTLYWKALFDERNLQDVVYKLNGEAELFYRKQSIPKKITHPAKEAIA NKNKDNPKKESVFEYDLIKDKRFTEDKFFFHCPITINFKSSGANKFNDEI NLLLKEKANDVHILSI D RGERHLAYYTLVDGKGNIIKQDTFNIIGNDRMK TNYHDKLAAIEKDRDSARKDWKKINNIKEMKEGYLSQVVHEIAKLVIEYN AIVVF A DLNFGFKRGRFKVEKQVYQKLEKMLIEKLNYLVFKDNEFDKTGG VLRAYQLTAPFETFKKMGKQTGIIYYVPAGFTSKICPVTGFVNQLYPKYE SVSKSQEFFSKFDKICYNLDKGYFEFSFDYKNFGDKAAKGKWTIASFGSR LINFRNSDKNHNWDTREVYPTKELEKLLKDYSIEYGHGECIKAAICGESD KKFFAKLTSVLNTILQMRNSKTGTELDYLISPVADVNGNFFDSRQAPKNM PQDA A ANGAYHIGLKGLMLLGRIKNNQEGKKLNLVIKNEEYFEFVQNRNN
Francisella novicida Cpf1 D917A/E1006A/D1255A (SEQ ID NO: 16) (A917, A1006, and A1255 are bolded and underlined) -
(SEQ ID NO: 16) MSIYQEFVNKYSLSKTLRFELIPQGKTLENIKARGLILDDEKRAKDYKKA KQIIDKYHQFFIEEILSSVCISEDLLQNYSDVYFKLKKSDDDNLQKDFKS AKDTIKKQISEYIKDSEKFKNLFNQNLIDAKKGQESDLILWLKQSKDNGI ELFKANSDITDIDEALEIIKSFKGWTTYFKGFHENRKNVYSSNDIPTSII YRIVDDNLPKFLENKAKYESLKDKAPEAINYEQIKKDLAEELTFDIDYKT SEVNQRVFSLDEVFEIANFNNYLNQSGITKFNTIIGGKFVNGENTKRKGI NEYINLYSQQINDKTLKKYKMSVLFKQILSDTESKSFVIDKLEDDSDVVT TMQSFYEQIAAFKTVEEKSIKETLSLLFDDLKAQKLDLSKIYFKNDKSLT DLSQQVFDDYSVIGTAVLEYITQQIAPKNLDNPSKKEQELIAKKTEKAKY LSLETIKLALEEFNKHRDIDKQCRFEEILANFAAIPMIFDEIAQNKDNLA QISIKYQNQGKKDLLQASAEDDVKAIKDLLDQTNNLLHKLKIFHISQSED KANILDKDEHFYLVFEECYFELANIVPLYNKIRNYITQKPYSDEKFKLNF ENSTLANGWDKNKEPDNTAILFIKDDKYYLGVMNKKNNKIFDDKAIKENK GEGYKKIVYKLLPGANKMLPKVFFSAKSIKFYNPSEDILRIRNHSTHTKN GSPQKGYEKFEFNIEDCRKFIDFYKQSISKHPEWKDFGFRFSDTQRYNSI DEFYREVENQGYKLTFENISESYIDSVVNQGKLYLFQIYNKDFSAYSKGR PNLHTLYWKALFDERNLQDVVYKLNGEAELFYRKQSIPKKITHPAKEAIA NKNKDNPKKESVFEYDLIKDKRFTEDKFFFHCPITINFKSSGANKFNDEI NLLLKEKANDVHILSI A RGERHLAYYTLVDGKGNIIKQDTFNIIGNDRMK TNYHDKLAAIEKDRDSARKDWKKINNIKEMKEGYLSQVVHEIAKLVIEYN AIVVF A DLNFGFKRGRFKVEKQVYQKLEKMLIEKLNYLVFKDNEFDKTGG VLRAYQLTAPFETFKKMGKQTGIIYYVPAGFTSKICPVTGFVNQLYPKYE SVSKSQEFFSKFDKICYNLDKGYFEFSFDYKNFGDKAAKGKWTIASFGSR LINFRNSDKNHNWDTREVYPTKELEKLLKDYSIEYGHGECIKAAICGESD KKFFAKLTSVLNTILQMRNSKTGTELDYLISPVADVNGNFFDSRQAPKNM PQDA A ANGAYHIGLKGLMLLGRIKNNQEGKKLNLVIKNEEYFEFVQNRNN - In some embodiments, the nucleic acid programmable DNA binding protein is a Cpf1 protein from an Acidaminococcus species (AsCpf1). Cpf1 proteins form Acidaminococcus species have been described previously and would be apparent to the skilled artisan. Exemplary Acidaminococcus Cpf1 proteins (AsCpf1) include, without limitation, any of the AsCpf1 proteins provided herin
- Wild-type AsCpf1-Residue R912 is indicated in bold underlining and residues 661-667 are indicated in italics and underlining.
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(SEQ ID NO: 17) TQFEGFTNLYQVSKTLRFELIPQGKTLKHIQEQGFIEEDKARNDHYKELK PIIDRIYKTYADQCLQLVQLDWENLSAAIDSYRKEKTEETRNALIEEQAT YRNAIHDYFIGRTDNLTDAINKRHAEIYKGLFKAELFNGKVLKQLGTVTT TEHENALLRSFDKFTTYFSGFYENRKNVFSAEDISTAIPHRIVQDNFPKF KENCHIFTRLITAVPSLREHFENVKKAIGIFVSTSIEEVFSFPFYNQLLT QTQIDLYNQLLGGISREAGTEKIKGLNEVLNLAIQKNDETAHIIASLPHR FIPLFKQILSDRNTLSFILEEFKSDEEVIQSFCKYKTLLRNENVLETAEA LFNELNSIDLTHIFISHKKLETISSALCDHWDTLRNALYERRISELTGKI TKSAKEKVQRSLKHEDINLQEIISAAGKELSEAFKQKTSEILSHAHAALD QPLPTTMLKKQEEKEILKSQLDSLLGLYHLLDWFAVDESNEVDPEFSARL TGIKLEMEPSLSFYNKARNYATKKPYSVEKFKLNFQMPTLASGWDVNKEK NNGAILFVKNGLYYLGIMPKQKGRYKALSFEPTEKTSEGFDKMYYDYFPD AAKMIPKCSTQLKAVTAHFQTHTTPILLSNNFIEPLEITKEIYDLNNPEK EPKKFQTAYA KKTGDQK GYREALCKWIDFTRDFLSKYTKTTSIDLSSLRP SSQYKDLGEYYAELNPLLYHISFQRIAEKEIMDAVETGKLYLFQIYNKDF AKGHHGKPNLHTLYWTGLFSPENLAKTSIKLNGQAELFYRPKSRMKRMAH RLGEKMLNKKLKDQKTPIPDTLYQELYDYVNHRLSHDLSDEARALLPNVI TKEVSHEIIKDRRFTSDKFFFHVPITLNYQAANSPSKFNQRVNAYLKEHP ETPIIGIDRGE R NLIYITVIDSTGKILEQRSLNTIQQFDYQKKLDNREKE RVAARQAWSVVGTIKDLKQGYLSQVIHEIVDLMIHYQAVVVLENLNFGFK SKRTGIAEKAVYQQFEKMLIDKLNCLVLKDYPAEKVGGVLNPYQLTDQFT SFAKMGTQSGFLFYVPAPYTSKIDPLTGFVDPFVWKTIKNHESRKHFLEG FDFLHYDVKTGDFILHFKMNRNLSFQRGLPGFMPAWDIVFEKNETQFDAK GTPFIAGKRIVPVIENHRFTGRYRDLYPANELIALLEEKGIVFRDGSNIL PKLLENDDSHAIDTMVALIRSVLQMRNSNAATGEDYINSPVRDLNGVCFD SRFQNPEWPMDADANGAYHIALKGQLLLNHLKESKDLKLQNGISNQDWLA YIQELRN - AsCpf1(R912A)-Residue A912 is indicated in bold underlining and residues 661-667 are indicated in italics and underlining.
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(SEQ ID NO: 19) TQFEGFTNLYQVSKTLRFELIPQGKTLKHIQEQGFIEEDKARNDHYKELK PIIDRIYKTYADQCLQLVQLDWENLSAAIDSYRKEKTEETRNALIEEQAT YRNAIHDYFIGRTDNLTDAINKRHAEIYKGLFKAELFNGKVLKQLGTVTT TEHENALLRSFDKFTTYFSGFYENRKNVFSAEDISTAIPHRIVQDNFPKF KENCHIFTRLITAVPSLREHFENVKKAIGIFVSTSIEEVFSFPFYNQLLT QTQIDLYNQLLGGISREAGTEKIKGLNEVLNLAIQKNDETAHIIASLPHR FIPLFKQILSDRNTLSFILEEFKSDEEVIQSFCKYKTLLRNENVLETAEA LFNELNSIDLTHIFISHKKLETISSALCDHWDTLRNALYERRISELTGKI TKSAKEKVQRSLKHEDINLQEIISAAGKELSEAFKQKTSEILSHAHAALD QPLPTTMLKKQEEKEILKSQLDSLLGLYHLLDWFAVDESNEVDPEFSARL TGIKLEMEPSLSFYNKARNYATKKPYSVEKFKLNFQMPTLASGWDVNKEK NNGAILFVKNGLYYLGIMPKQKGRYKALSFEPTEKTSEGFDKMYYDYFPD AAKMIPKCSTQLKAVTAHFQTHTTPILLSNNFIEPLEITKEIYDLNNPEK EPKKFQTAYA KKTGDQK GYREALCKWIDFTRDFLSKYTKTTSIDLSSLRP SSQYKDLGEYYAELNPLLYHISFQRIAEKEIMDAVETGKLYLFQIYNKDF AKGHHGKPNLHTLYWTGLFSPENLAKTSIKLNGQAELFYRPKSRMKRMAH RLGEKMLNKKLKDQKTPIPDTLYQELYDYVNHRLSHDLSDEARALLPNVI TKEVSHEIIKDRRFTSDKFFFHVPITLNYQAANSPSKFNQRVNAYLKEHP ETPIIGIDRGE A NLIYITVIDSTGKILEQRSLNTIQQFDYQKKLDNREKE RVAARQAWSVVGTIKDLKQGYLSQVIHEIVDLMIHYQAVVVLENLNFGFK SKRTGIAEKAVYQQFEKMLIDKLNCLVLKDYPAEKVGGVLNPYQLTDQFT SFAKMGTQSGFLFYVPAPYTSKIDPLTGFVDPFVWKTIKNHESRKHFLEG FDFLHYDVKTGDFILHFKMNRNLSFQRGLPGFMPAWDIVFEKNETQFDAK GTPFIAGKRIVPVIENHRFTGRYRDLYPANELIALLEEKGIVFRDGSNIL PKLLENDDSHAIDTMVALIRSVLQMRNSNAATGEDYINSPVRDLNGVCFD SRFQNPEWPMDADANGAYHIALKGQLLLNHLKESKDLKLQNGISNQDWLA YIQELRN - In some embodiments, the nucleic acid programmable DNA binding protein is a Cpf1 protein from a Lachnospiraceae species (LbCpf1). Cpf1 proteins form Lachnospiraceae species have been described previously have been described previously and would be apparent to the skilled artisan. Exemplary Lachnospiraceae Cpf1 proteins (LbCpf1) include, without limitation, any of the LbCpf1 proteins provided herein.
- In some embodiments, the LbCpf1 is a nickase. In some embodiments, the LbCpf1 nickase comprises an R836X mutant relative to SEQ ID NO: 18, wherein X is any amino acid except for R. In some embodiments, the LbCpf1 nickase comprises R836A mutant relative to SEQ ID NO: 18. In some embodiments, the LbCpf1 is a nuclease inactive LbCpf1 (dLbCpf1). In some embodiments, the dLbCpf1 comprises a D832X mutant relative to SEQ ID NO: 18, wherein X is any amino acid except for D. In some embodiments, the dLbCpf1 comprises a D832A mutant relative to SEQ ID NO: 18. Additional dCpf1 proteins have been described in the art, for example, in Li et al. “Base editing with a Cpf1-cytidine deaminase fusion” Nature Biotechnology; March 2018 DOI: 10.1038/nbt.4102; the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference. In some embodiments, the dCpf1 comprises 1, 2, or 3 of the point mutations D832A, E1006A, D1125A of the Cpf1 described in Li et al.
- Wild-type LbCpf1-Residues R836 and R1138 is indicated in bold underlining.
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(SEQ ID NO: 18) MSKLEKFTNCYSLSKTLRFKAIPVGKTQENIDNKRLLVEDEKRAEDYKGV KKLLDRYYLSFINDVLHSIKLKNLNNYISLFRKKTRTEKENKELENLEIN LRKEIAKAFKGNEGYKSLFKKDIIETILPEFLDDKDEIALVNSFNGFTTA FTGFFDNRENMFSEEAKSTSIAFRCINENLTRYISNMDIFEKVDAIFDKH EVQEIKEKILNSDYDVEDFFEGEFFNFVLTQEGIDVYNAIIGGFVTESGE KIKGLNEYINLYNQKTKQKLPKFKPLYKQVLSDRESLSFYGEGYTSDEEV LEVFRNTLNKNSEIFSSIKKLEKLFKNFDEYSSAGIFVKNGPAISTISKD IFGEWNVIRDKWNAEYDDIHLKKKAVVTEKYEDDRRKSFKKIGSFSLEQL QEYADADLSVVEKLKEIIIQKVDEIYKVYGSSEKLFDADFVLEKSLKKND AVVAIMKDLLDSVKSFENYIKAFFGEGKETNRDESFYGDFVLAYDILLKV DHIYDAIRNYVTQKPYSKDKFKLYFQNPQFMGGWDKDKETDYRATILRYG SKYYLAIMDKKYAKCLQKIDKDDVNGNYEKINYKLLPGPNKMLPKVFFSK KWMAYYNPSEDIQKIYKNGTFKKGDMFNLNDCHKLIDFFKDSISRYPKWS NAYDFNFSETEKYKDIAGFYREVEEQGYKVSFESASKKEVDKLVEEGKLY MFQIYNKDFSDKSHGTPNLHTMYFKLLFDENNHGQIRLSGGAELFMRRAS LKKEELVVHPANSPIANKNPDNPKKTTTLSYDVYKDKRFSEDQYELHIPI AINKCPKNIFKINTEVRVLLKHDDNPYVIGIDRGE R NLLYIVVVDGKGNI VEQYSLNEIINNFNGIRIKTDYHSLLDKKEKERFEARQNWTSIENIKELK AGYISQVVHKICELVEKYDAVIALEDLNSGFKNSRVKVEKQVYQKFEKML IDKLNYMVDKKSNPCATGGALKGYQITNKFESFKSMSTQNGFIFYIPAWL TSKIDPSTGFVNLLKTKYTSIADSKKFISSFDRIMYVPEEDLFEFALDYK NFSRTDADYIKKWKLYSYGNRIRIFRNPKKNNVFDWEEVCLTSAYKELFN KYGINYQQGDIRALLCEQSDKAFYSSFMALMSLMLQM R NSITGRTDVDFL ISPVKNSDGIFYDSRNYEAQENAILPKNADANGAYNIARKVLWAIGQFKK AEDEKLDKVKIAISNKEWLEYAQTSVKH - LbCpf1 (R836A)-Residue A836 is indicated in bold underlining.
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(SEQ ID NO: 20) MSKLEKFTNCYSLSKTLRFKAIPVGKTQENIDNKRLLVEDEKRAEDYKGV KKLLDRYYLSFINDVLHSIKLKNLNNYISLFRKKTRTEKENKELENLEIN LRKEIAKAFKGNEGYKSLFKKDIIETILPEFLDDKDEIALVNSFNGFTTA FTGFFDNRENMFSEEAKSTSIAFRCINENLTRYISNMDIFEKVDAIFDKH EVQEIKEKILNSDYDVEDFFEGEFFNFVLTQEGIDVYNAIIGGFVTESGE KIKGLNEYINLYNQKTKQKLPKFKPLYKQVLSDRESLSFYGEGYTSDEEV LEVFRNTLNKNSEIFSSIKKLEKLFKNFDEYSSAGIFVKNGPAISTISKD IFGEWNVIRDKWNAEYDDIHLKKKAVVTEKYEDDRRKSFKKIGSFSLEQL QEYADADLSVVEKLKEIIIQKVDEIYKVYGSSEKLFDADFVLEKSLKKND AVVAIMKDLLDSVKSFENYIKAFFGEGKETNRDESFYGDFVLAYDILLKV DHIYDAIRNYVTQKPYSKDKFKLYFQNPQFMGGWDKDKETDYRATILRYG SKYYLAIMDKKYAKCLQKIDKDDVNGNYEKINYKLLPGPNKMLPKVFFSK KWMAYYNPSEDIQKIYKNGTFKKGDMFNLNDCHKLIDFFKDSISRYPKWS NAYDFNFSETEKYKDIAGFYREVEEQGYKVSFESASKKEVDKLVEEGKLY MFQIYNKDFSDKSHGTPNLHTMYFKLLFDENNHGQIRLSGGAELFMRRAS LKKEELVVHPANSPIANKNPDNPKKTTTLSYDVYKDKRFSEDQYELHIPI AINKCPKNIFKINTEVRVLLKHDDNPYVIGIDRGE A NLLYIVVVDGKGNI VEQYSLNEIINNFNGIRIKTDYHSLLDKKEKERFEARQNWTSIENIKELK AGYISQVVHKICELVEKYDAVIALEDLNSGFKNSRVKVEKQVYQKFEKML IDKLNYMVDKKSNPCATGGALKGYQITNKFESFKSMSTQNGFIFYIPAWL TSKIDPSTGFVNLLKTKYTSIADSKKFISSFDRIMYVPEEDLFEFALDYK NFSRTDADYIKKWKLYSYGNRIRIFRNPKKNNVFDWEEVCLTSAYKELFN KYGINYQQGDIRALLCEQSDKAFYSSFMALMSLMLQMRNSITGRTDVDFL ISPVKNSDGIFYDSRNYEAQENAILPKNADANGAYNIARKVLWAIGQFKK AEDEKLDKVKIAISNKEWLEYAQTSVKH - LbCpf1 (R1138A)-Residue A1138 is indicated in bold underlining.
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(SEQ ID NO: 21) MSKLEKFTNCYSLSKTLRFKAIPVGKTQENIDNKRLLVEDEKRAEDYKGV KKLLDRYYLSFINDVLHSIKLKNLNNYISLFRKKTRTEKENKELENLEIN LRKEIAKAFKGNEGYKSLFKKDIIETILPEFLDDKDEIALVNSFNGFTTA FTGFFDNRENMFSEEAKSTSIAFRCINENLTRYISNMDIFEKVDAIFDKH EVQEIKEKILNSDYDVEDFFEGEFFNFVLTQEGIDVYNAIIGGFVTESGE KIKGLNEYINLYNQKTKQKLPKFKPLYKQVLSDRESLSFYGEGYTSDEEV LEVFRNTLNKNSEIFSSIKKLEKLFKNFDEYSSAGIFVKNGPAISTISKD IFGEWNVIRDKWNAEYDDIHLKKKAVVTEKYEDDRRKSFKKIGSFSLEQL QEYADADLSVVEKLKEIIIQKVDEIYKVYGSSEKLFDADFVLEKSLKKND AVVAIMKDLLDSVKSFENYIKAFFGEGKETNRDESFYGDFVLAYDILLKV DHIYDAIRNYVTQKPYSKDKFKLYFQNPQFMGGWDKDKETDYRATILRYG SKYYLAIMDKKYAKCLQKIDKDDVNGNYEKINYKLLPGPNKMLPKVFFSK KWMAYYNPSEDIQKIYKNGTFKKGDMFNLNDCHKLIDFFKDSISRYPKWS NAYDFNFSETEKYKDIAGFYREVEEQGYKVSFESASKKEVDKLVEEGKLY MFQIYNKDFSDKSHGTPNLHTMYFKLLFDENNHGQIRLSGGAELFMRRAS LKKEELVVHPANSPIANKNPDNPKKTTTLSYDVYKDKRFSEDQYELHIPI AINKCPKNIFKINTEVRVLLKHDDNPYVIGIDRGERNLLYIVVVDGKGNI VEQYSLNEIINNFNGIRIKTDYHSLLDKKEKERFEARQNWTSIENIKELK AGYISQVVHKICELVEKYDAVIALEDLNSGFKNSRVKVEKQVYQKFEKML IDKLNYMVDKKSNPCATGGALKGYQITNKFESFKSMSTQNGFIFYIPAWL TSKIDPSTGFVNLLKTKYTSIADSKKFISSFDRIMYVPEEDLFEFALDYK NFSRTDADYIKKWKLYSYGNRIRIFRNPKKNNVFDWEEVCLTSAYKELFN KYGINYQQGDIRALLCEQSDKAFYSSFMALMSLMLQM A NSITGRTDVDFL ISPVKNSDGIFYDSRNYEAQENAILPKNADANGAYNIARKVLWAIGQFKK AEDEKLDKVKIAISNKEWLEYAQTSVKH - In some embodiments, the Cpf1 protein is a crippled Cpf1 protein. As used herein a “crippled Cpf1” protein is a Cpf1 protein having diminished nuclease activity as compared to a wild-type Cpf1 protein. In some embodiments, the crippled Cpf1 protein preferentially cuts the target strand more efficiently than the non-target strand. For example, the Cpf1 protein preferentially cuts the strand of a duplexed nucleic acid molecule in which a nucleotide to be edited resides. In some embodiments, the crippled Cpf1 protein preferentially cuts the non-target strand more efficiently than the target strand. For example, the Cpf1 protein preferentially cuts the strand of a duplexed nucleic acid molecule in which a nucleotide to be edited does not reside. In some embodiments, the crippled Cpf1 protein preferentially cuts the target strand at least 5% more efficiently than it cuts the non-target strand. In some embodiments, the crippled Cpf1 protein preferentially cuts the target strand at least 5%, 10%, 15%, 20%, 25%, 30%, 35%, 40%, 50%, 60%, 70%, 80%, 90%, or at least 100% more efficiently than it cuts the non-target strand.
- In some embodiments, a crippled Cpf1 protein is a non-naturally occurring Cpf1 protein. In some embodiments, the crippled Cpf1 protein comprises one or more mutations relative to a wild-type Cpf1 protein. In some embodiments, the crippled Cpf1 protein comprises 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, or 20 mutations relative to a wild-type Cpf1 protein. In some embodiments, the crippled Cpf1 protein comprises an R836A mutation mutation as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 18, or in a corresponding amino acid in another Cpf1 protein. It should be appreciated that a Cpf1 comprising a homologous residue (e.g., a corresponding amino acid) to R836A of SEQ ID NO: 18 could also be mutated to achieve similar results. In some embodiments, the crippled Cpf1 protein comprises a R1138A mutation as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 18, or in a corresponding amino acid in another Cpf1 protein. In some embodiments, the crippled Cpf1 protein comprises an R912A mutation mutation as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 17, or in a corresponding amino acid in another Cpf1 protein. Without wishing to be bound by any particular theory, residue R836 of SEQ ID NO: 18 (LbCpf1) and residue R912 of SEQ ID NO: 17 (AsCpf1) are examples of corresponding (e.g., homologous) residues. For example, a portion of the alignment between SEQ ID NO: 17 and 18 shows that R912 and R836 are corresponding residues.
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AsCpf1 YQAANSPSKFNQRVNAYLKEHPETPIIGIDRGERNLIYITVIDSTGKILEQRSLNTIQ-- LbCpf1 KCPKN-IFKINTEVRVLLKHDDNPYVIGIDRGERNLLYIVVVDGKGNIVEQYSLNEIINN * *:* .*.. **.. : :**********:**.*:*..*:*:** *** * - In some embodiments, any of the Cpf1 proteins provided herein comprises one or more amino acid deletions. In some embodiments, any of the Cpf1 proteins provided herein comprises 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, or 20 amino acid deletions. Without wishing to be bound by any particular theory, there is a helical region in Cpf1, which includes residues 661-667 of AsCpf1 (SEQ ID NO: 17), that may obstruct the function of a deaminase (e.g., APOBEC) that is fused to the Cpf1. This region comprises the amino acid sequence KKTGDQK. Accordingly, aspects of the disclosure provide Cpf1 proteins comprising mutations (e.g., deletions) that disrupt this helical region in Cpf1. In some embodiments, the Cpf1 protein comprises one or more deletions of the following residues in SEQ ID NO: 17, or one or more corresponding deletions in another Cpf1 protein: K661, K662, T663, G664, D665, Q666, and K667. In some embodiments, the Cpf1 protein comprises a T663 and a D665 deletion in SEQ ID NO: 17, or corresponding deletions in another Cpf1 protein. In some embodiments, the Cpf1 protein comprises a K662, T663, D665, and Q666 deletion in SEQ ID NO: 17, or corresponding deletions in another Cpf1 protein. In some embodiments, the Cpf1 protein comprises a K661, K662, T663, D665, Q666 and K667 deletion in SEQ ID NO: 17, or corresponding deletions in another Cpf1 protein.
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(SEQ ID NO: 22) TQFEGFTNLYQVSKTLRFELIPQGKTLKHIQEQGFIEEDKARNDHYKELK PIIDRIYKTYADQCLQLVQLDWENLSAAIDSYRKEKTEETRNALIEEQAT YRNAIHDYFIGRTDNLTDAINKRHAEIYKGLFKAELFNGKVLKQLGTVTT TEHENALLRSFDKFTTYFSGFYENRKNVFSAEDISTAIPHRIVQDNFPKF KENCHIFTRLITAVPSLREHFENVKKAIGIFVSTSIEEVFSFPFYNQLLT QTQIDLYNQLLGGISREAGTEKIKGLNEVLNLAIQKNDETAHIIASLPHR FIPLFKQILSDRNTLSFILEEFKSDEEVIQSFCKYKTLLRNENVLETAEA LFNELNSIDLTHIFISHKKLETISSALCDHWDTLRNALYERRISELTGKI TKSAKEKVQRSLKHEDINLQEIISAAGKELSEAFKQKTSEILSHAHAALD QPLPTTMLKKQEEKEILKSQLDSLLGLYHLLDWFAVDESNEVDPEFSARL TGIKLEMEPSLSFYNKARNYATKKPYSVEKFKLNFQMPTLASGWDVNKEK NNGAILFVKNGLYYLGIMPKQKGRYKALSFEPTEKTSEGFDKMYYDYFPD AAKMIPKCSTQLKAVTAHFQTHTTPILLSNNFIEPLEITKEIYDLNNPEK EPKKFQTAYAKKGQKGYREALCKWIDFTRDFLSKYTKTTSIDLSSLRPSS QYKDLGEYYAELNPLLYHISFQRIAEKEIMDAVETGKLYLFQIYNKDFAK GHHGKPNLHTLYWTGLFSPENLAKTSIKLNGQAELFYRPKSRMKRMAHRL GEKMLNKKLKDQKTPIPDTLYQELYDYVNHRLSHDLSDEARALLPNVITK EVSHEIIKDRRFTSDKFFFHVPITLNYQAANSPSKFNQRVNAYLKEHPET PIIGIDRGERNLIYITVIDSTGKILEQRSLNTIQQFDYQKKLDNREKERV AARQAWSVVGTIKDLKQGYLSQVIHEIVDLMIHYQAVVVLENLNFGFKSK RTGIAEKAVYQQFEKMLIDKLNCLVLKDYPAEKVGGVLNPYQLTDQFTSF AKMGTQSGFLFYVPAPYTSKIDPLTGFVDPFVWKTIKNHESRKHFLEGFD FLHYDVKTGDFILHFKMNRNLSFQRGLPGFMPAWDIVFEKNETQFDAKGT PFIAGKRIVPVIENHRFTGRYRDLYPANELIALLEEKGIVFRDGSNILPK LLENDDSHAIDTMVALIRSVLQMRNSNAATGEDYINSPVRDLNGVCFDSR FQNPEWPMDADANGAYHIALKGQLLLNHLKESKDLKLQNGISNQDWLAYI QELRN - AsCpf1 (deleted K662, T663, D665, and Q666)
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(SEQ ID NO: 23) TQFEGFTNLYQVSKTLRFELIPQGKTLKHIQEQGFIEEDKARNDHYKELK PIIDRIYKTYADQCLQLVQLDWENLSAAIDSYRKEKTEETRNALIEEQAT YRNAIHDYFIGRTDNLTDAINKRHAEIYKGLFKAELFNGKVLKQLGTVTT TEHENALLRSFDKFTTYFSGFYENRKNVFSAEDISTAIPHRIVQDNFPKF KENCHIFTRLITAVPSLREHFENVKKAIGIFVSTSIEEVFSFPFYNQLLT QTQIDLYNQLLGGISREAGTEKIKGLNEVLNLAIQKNDETAHIIASLPHR FIPLFKQILSDRNTLSFILEEFKSDEEVIQSFCKYKTLLRNENVLETAEA LFNELNSIDLTHIFISHKKLETISSALCDHWDTLRNALYERRISELTGKI TKSAKEKVQRSLKHEDINLQEIISAAGKELSEAFKQKTSEILSHAHAALD QPLPTTMLKKQEEKEILKSQLDSLLGLYHLLDWFAVDESNEVDPEFSARL TGIKLEMEPSLSFYNKARNYATKKPYSVEKFKLNFQMPTLASGWDVNKEK NNGAILFVKNGLYYLGIMPKQKGRYKALSFEPTEKTSEGFDKMYYDYFPD AAKMIPKCSTQLKAVTAHFQTHTTPILLSNNFIEPLEITKEIYDLNNPEK EPKKFQTAYAKGKGYREALCKWIDFTRDFLSKYTKTTSIDLSSLRPSSQY KDLGEYYAELNPLLYHISFQRIAEKEIMDAVETGKLYLFQIYNKDFAKGH HGKPNLHTLYWTGLFSPENLAKTSIKLNGQAELFYRPKSRMKRMAHRLGE KMLNKKLKDQKTPIPDTLYQELYDYVNHRLSHDLSDEARALLPNVITKEV SHEIIKDRRFTSDKFFFHVPITLNYQAANSPSKFNQRVNAYLKEHPETPI IGIDRGERNLIYITVIDSTGKILEQRSLNTIQQFDYQKKLDNREKERVAA RQAWSVVGTIKDLKQGYLSQVIHEIVDLMIHYQAVVVLENLNFGFKSKRT GIAEKAVYQQFEKMLIDKLNCLVLKDYPAEKVGGVLNPYQLTDQFTSFAK MGTQSGFLFYVPAPYTSKIDPLTGFVDPFVWKTIKNHESRKHFLEGFDFL HYDVKTGDFILHFKMNRNLSFQRGLPGFMPAWDIVFEKNETQFDAKGTPF IAGKRIVPVIENHRFTGRYRDLYPANELIALLEEKGIVFRDGSNILPKLL ENDDSHAIDTMVALIRSVLQMRNSNAATGEDYINSPVRDLNGVCFDSRFQ NPEWPMDADANGAYHIALKGQLLLNHLKESKDLKLQNGISNQDWLAYIQE LRN - AsCpf1 (deleted K661, K662, T663, D665, Q666, and K667)
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(SEQ ID NO: 24) TQFEGFTNLYQVSKTLRFELIPQGKTLKHIQEQGFIEEDKARNDHYKELK PIIDRIYKTYADQCLQLVQLDWENLSAAIDSYRKEKTEETRNALIEEQAT YRNAIHDYFIGRTDNLTDAINKRHAEIYKGLFKAELFNGKVLKQLGTVTT TEHENALLRSFDKFTTYFSGFYENRKNVFSAEDISTAIPHRIVQDNFPKF KENCHIFTRLITAVPSLREHFENVKKAIGIFVSTSIEEVFSFPFYNQLLT QTQIDLYNQLLGGISREAGTEKIKGLNEVLNLAIQKNDETAHIIASLPHR FIPLFKQILSDRNTLSFILEEFKSDEEVIQSFCKYKTLLRNENVLETAEA LFNELNSIDLTHIFISHKKLETISSALCDHWDTLRNALYERRISELTGKI TKSAKEKVQRSLKHEDINLQEIISAAGKELSEAFKQKTSEILSHAHAALD QPLPTTMLKKQEEKEILKSQLDSLLGLYHLLDWFAVDESNEVDPEFSARL TGIKLEMEPSLSFYNKARNYATKKPYSVEKFKLNFQMPTLASGWDVNKEK NNGAILFVKNGLYYLGIMPKQKGRYKALSFEPTEKTSEGFDKMYYDYFPD AAKMIPKCSTQLKAVTAHFQTHTTPILLSNNFIEPLEITKEIYDLNNPEK EPKKFQTAYAGGYREALCKWIDFTRDFLSKYTKTTSIDLSSLRPSSQYKD LGEYYAELNPLLYHISFQRIAEKEIMDAVETGKLYLFQIYNKDFAKGHHG KPNLHTLYWTGLFSPENLAKTSIKLNGQAELFYRPKSRMKRMAHRLGEKM LNKKLKDQKTPIPDTLYQELYDYVNHRLSHDLSDEARALLPNVITKEVSH EIIKDRRFTSDKFFFHVPITLNYQAANSPSKFNQRVNAYLKEHPETPIIG IDRGERNLIYITVIDSTGKILEQRSLNTIQQFDYQKKLDNREKERVAARQ AWSVVGTIKDLKQGYLSQVIHEIVDLMIHYQAVVVLENLNFGFKSKRTGI AEKAVYQQFEKMLIDKLNCLVLKDYPAEKVGGVLNPYQLTDQFTSFAKMG TQSGFLFYVPAPYTSKIDPLTGFVDPFVWKTIKNHESRKHFLEGFDFLHY DVKTGDFILHFKMNRNLSFQRGLPGFMPAWDIVFEKNETQFDAKGTPFIA GKRIVPVIENHRFTGRYRDLYPANELIALLEEKGIVFRDGSNILPKLLEN DDSHAIDTMVALIRSVLQMRNSNAATGEDYINSPVRDLNGVCFDSRFQNP EWPMDADANGAYHIALKGQLLLNHLKESKDLKLQNGISNQDWLAYIQELR N - In some embodiments, the nucleic acid programmable DNA binding protein (napDNAbp) is a nucleic acid programmable DNA binding protein that does not require a canonical (NGG) PAM sequence in the target sequence. In some embodiments, the napDNAbp is an Argonaute protein. One example of such a nucleic acid programmable DNA binding protein is an Argonaute protein from Natronobacterium gregoryi (NgAgo). NgAgo is a ssDNA-guided endonuclease. NgAgo binds 5′-phosphorylated ssDNA of ˜24 nucleotides (gDNA) in length to guide it to a target site and makes DNA double-strand breaks at the gDNA site. In contrast to Cas9, the NgAgo-gDNA system does not require a protospacer-adjacent motif (PAM). Using a nuclease inactive NgAgo (dNgAgo) can greatly expand the bases that may be targeted. The characterization and use of NgAgo have been described in Gao et al., Nat. Biotechnol., 2016 July; 34(7):768-73. PubMed PMID: 27136078; Swarts et al., Nature 507(7491) (2014):258-61; and Swarts et al., Nucleic Acids Res. 43(10) (2015):5120-9, each of which is incorporated herein by reference. The sequence of Natronobacterium gregoryi Argonaute is provided in SEQ ID NO: 25.
- In some embodiments, the napDNAbp is an Argonaute protein. In some embodiments, the napDNAbp comprises an amino acid sequence that is at least 85%, at least 90%, at least 91%, at least 92%, at least 93%, at least 94%, at least 95%, at least 96%, at least 97%, at least 98%, at least 99%, or at least 99.5% identical to a naturally-occurring Argonaute protein. In some embodiments, the napDNAbp is a naturally-occurring Argonaute protein. In some embodiments, the napDNAbp comprises an amino acid sequence that is at least 85%, at least 90%, at least 91%, at least 92%, at least 93%, at least 94%, at least 95%, at least 96%, at least 97%, at least 98%, at least 99%, or at least 99.5% identical to any one of SEQ ID NO: 25. In some embodiments, the napDNAbp comprises an amino acid sequence of any one SEQ ID NO: 25.
- Wild type Natronobacterium gregoryi Argonaute (SEQ ID NO: 25)
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(SEQ ID NO: 25) MTVIDLDSTTTADELTSGHTYDISVTLTGVYDNTDEQHPRMSLAFEQDNG ERRYITLWKNTTPKDVFTYDYATGSTYIFTNIDYEVKDGYENLTATYQTT VENATAQEVGTTDEDETFAGGEPLDHHLDDALNETPDDAETESDSGHVMT SFASRDQLPEWTLHTYTLTATDGAKTDTEYARRTLAYTVRQELYTDHDAA PVATDGLMLLTPEPLGETPLDLDCGVRVEADETRTLDYTTAKDRLLAREL VEEGLKRSLWDDYLVRGIDEVLSKEPVLTCDEFDLHERYDLSVEVGHSGR AYLHINFRHRFVPKLTLADIDDDNIYPGLRVKTTYRPRRGHIVWGLRDEC ATDSLNTLGNQSVVAYHRNNQTPINTDLLDAIEAADRRVVETRRQGHGDD AVSFPQELLAVEPNTHQIKQFASDGFHQQARSKTRLSASRCSEKAQAFAE RLDPVRLNGSTVEFSSEFFTGNNEQQLRLLYENGESVLTFRDGARGAHPD ETFSKGIVNPPESFEVAVVLPEQQADTCKAQWDTMADLLNQAGAPPTRSE TVQYDAFSSPESISLNVAGAIDPSEVDAAFVVLPPDQEGFADLASPTETY DELKKALANMGIYSQMAYFDRFRDAKIFYTRNVALGLLAAAGGVAFTTEH AMPGDADMFIGIDVSRSYPEDGASGQINIAATATAVYKDGTILGHSSTRP QLGEKLQSTDVRDIMKNAILGYQQVTGESPTHIVIHRDGFMNEDLDPATE FLNEQGVEYDIVEIRKQPQTRLLAVSDVQYDTPVKSIAAINQNEPRATVA TFGAPEYLATRDGGGLPRPIQIERVAGETDIETLTRQVYLLSQSHIQVHN STARLPITTAYADQASTHATKGYLVQTGAFESNVGFL - In some embodiments, the napDNAbp is a prokaryotic homolog of an Argonaute protein. Prokaryotic homologs of Argonaute proteins are known and have been described, for example, in Makarova K., et al., “Prokaryotic homologs of Argonaute proteins are predicted to function as key components of a novel system of defense against mobile genetic elements”, Biol. Direct. 2009 Aug. 25; 4:29. doi: 10.1186/1745-6150-4-29, is incorporated herein by reference. In some embodiments, the napDNAbp is a Marinitoga piezophila Argunaute (MpAgo) protein. The CRISPR-associated Marinitoga piezophila Argonaute (MpAgo) protein cleaves single-stranded target sequences using 5′-phosphorylated guides. The 5′ guides are used by all known Argonautes. The crystal structure of an MpAgo-RNA complex shows a guide strand binding site comprising residues that block 5′ phosphate interactions. This data suggests the evolution of an Argonaute subclass with noncanonical specificity for a 5′-hydroxylated guide. See, e.g., Kaya et al., “A bacterial Argonaute with noncanonical guide RNA specificity”, Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 2016 Apr. 12; 113(15):4057-62, the entire contents of which are hereby incorporated by reference). It should be appreciated that other Argonaute proteins may be used in any of the fusion proteins (e.g., base editors) described herein, for example, to guide a deaminase (e.g., cytidine deaminase) to a target nucleic acid (e.g., ssRNA).
- In some embodiments, the nucleic acid programmable DNA binding protein (napDNAbp) is a single effector of a microbial CRISPR-Cas system. Single effectors of microbial CRISPR-Cas systems include, without limitation, Cas9, Cpf1, C2c1, C2c2, and C2c3. Typically, microbial CRISPR-Cas systems are divided into
Class 1 andClass 2 systems.Class 1 systems have multisubunit effector complexes, whileClass 2 systems have a single protein effector. Cas9 and Cpf1 areClass 2 effectors. In addition to Cas9 and Cpf1, threedistinct Class 2 CRISPR-Cas systems (C2c1, C2c2, and C2c3) have been described by Shmakov et al., “Discovery and Functional Characterization ofDiverse Class 2 CRISPR Cas Systems”, Mol. Cell, 2015 Nov. 5; 60(3): 385-397, the entire contents of which are herein incorporated by reference. Effectors of two of the systems, C2c1 and C2c3, contain RuvC-like endonuclease domains related to Cpf1. A third system, C2c2 contains an effector with two predicted HEPN RNase domains. Production of mature CRISPR RNA is tracrRNA-independent, unlike production of CRISPR RNA by C2c1. C2c1 depends on both CRISPR RNA and tracrRNA for DNA cleavage. Bacterial C2c2 has been shown to possess a unique RNase activity for CRISPR RNA maturation distinct from its RNA-activated single-stranded RNA degradation activity. These RNase functions are different from each other and from the CRISPR RNA-processing behavior of Cpf1. See, e.g., East-Seletsky, et al., “Two distinct RNase activities of CRISPR-C2c2 enable guide-RNA processing and RNA detection”, Nature, 2016 Oct. 13; 538(7624):270-273, the entire contents of which are hereby incorporated by reference. In vitro biochemical analysis of C2c2 in Leptotrichia shahii has shown that C2c2 is guided by a single CRISPR RNA and can be programmed to cleave ssRNA targets carrying complementary protospacers. Catalytic residues in the two conserved HEPN domains mediate cleavage. Mutations in the catalytic residues generate catalytically inactive RNA-binding proteins. See e.g., Abudayyeh et al., “C2c2 is a single-component programmable RNA-guided RNA-targeting CRISPR effector,” Science, 2016 Aug. 5; 353(6299), the entire contents of which are hereby incorporated by reference. - The crystal structure of Alicyclobaccillus acidoterrastris C2c1 (AacC2c1) has been reported in complex with a chimeric single-molecule guide RNA (sgRNA). See, e.g., Liu et al., “C2c1-sgRNA Complex Structure Reveals RNA-Guided DNA Cleavage Mechanism”, Mol. Cell, 2017 Jan. 19; 65(2):310-322, incorporated herein by reference. The crystal structure has also been reported for Alicyclobacillus acidoterrestris C2c1 bound to target DNAs as ternary complexes. See, e.g., Yang et al., “PAM-dependent Target DNA Recognition and Cleavage by C2C1 CRISPR-Cas endonuclease”, Cell, 2016 Dec. 15; 167(7):1814-1828, the entire contents of which are hereby incorporated by reference. Catalytically competent conformations of AacC2c1, both with target and non-target DNA strands, have been captured independently positioned within a single RuvC catalytic pocket, with C2c1-mediated cleavage resulting in a staggered seven-nucleotide break of target DNA. Structural comparisons between C2c1 ternary complexes and previously identified Cas9 and Cpf1 counterparts demonstrate the diversity of mechanisms used by CRISPR-Cas9 systems.
- In some embodiments, the nucleic acid programmable DNA binding protein (napDNAbp) of any of the fusion proteins provided herein is a C2c1, a C2c2, or a C2c3 protein. In some embodiments, the napDNAbp is a C2c1 protein. In some embodiments, the napDNAbp is a C2c2 protein. In some embodiments, the napDNAbp is a C2c3 protein. In some embodiments, the napDNAbp comprises an amino acid sequence that is at least 85%, at least 90%, at least 91%, at least 92%, at least 93%, at least 94%, at least 95%, at least 96%, at least 97%, at least 98%, at least 99%, or at least 99.5% identical to a naturally-occurring C2c1, C2c2, or C2c3 protein. In some embodiments, the napDNAbp is a naturally-occurring C2c1, C2c2, or C2c3 protein. In some embodiments, the napDNAbp comprises an amino acid sequence that is at least 85%, at least 90%, at least 91%, at least 92%, at least 93%, at least 94%, at least 95%, at least 96%, at least 97%, at least 98%, at least 99%, or at least 99.5% identical to any one of SEQ ID NOs: 26-28. In some embodiments, the napDNAbp comprises an amino acid sequence of any one SEQ ID NOs: 26-28. It should be appreciated that C2c1, C2c2, or C2c3 from other bacterial species may also be used in accordance with the present disclosure.
- C2c1 (uniprot.org/uniprot/TOD7A2#)
spIT0D7A2|C2C1_ALIAG CRISPR-associated endonuclease C2c1 OS=Alicyclobacillus acidoterrestris (strain ATCC 49025/DSM 3922/CIP 106132/NCIMB 13137/GD3B) GN=c2c1 PE=1 SV=1 -
(SEQ ID NO: 26) MAVKSIKVKLRLDDMPEIRAGLWKLHKEVNAGVRYYTEWLSLLRQENLYR RSPNGDGEQECDKTAEECKAELLERLRARQVENGHRGPAGSDDELLQLAR QLYELLVPQAIGAKGDAQQIARKFLSPLADKDAVGGLGIAKAGNKPRWVR MREAGEPGWEEEKEKAETRKSADRTADVLRALADFGLKPLMRVYTDSEMS SVEWKPLRKGQAVRTWDRDMFQQAIERMMSWESWNQRVGQEYAKLVEQKN RFEQKNFVGQEHLVHLVNQLQQDMKEASPGLESKEQTAHYVTGRALRGSD KVFEKWGKLAPDAPFDLYDAEIKNVQRRNTRRFGSHDLFAKLAEPEYQAL WREDASFLTRYAVYNSILRKLNHAKMFATFTLPDATAHPIWTRFDKLGGN LHQYTFLFNEFGERRHAIRFHKLLKVENGVAREVDDVTVPISMSEQLDNL LPRDPNEPIALYFRDYGAEQHFTGEFGGAKIQCRRDQLAHMHRRRGARDV YLNVSVRVQSQSEARGERRPPYAAVFRLVGDNHRAFVHFDKLSDYLAEHP DDGKLGSEGLLSGLRVMSVDLGLRTSASISVFRVARKDELKPNSKGRVPF FFPIKGNDNLVAVHERSQLLKLPGETESKDLRAIREERQRTLRQLRTQLA YLRLLVRCGSEDVGRRERSWAKLIEQPVDAANHMTPDWREAFENELQKLK SLHGICSDKEWMDAVYESVRRVWRHMGKQVRDWRKDVRSGERPKIRGYAK DVVGGNSIEQIEYLERQYKFLKSWSFFGKVSGQVIRAEKGSRFAITLREH IDHAKEDRLKKLADRIIMEALGYVYALDERGKGKWVAKYPPCQLILLEEL SEYQFNNDRPPSENNQLMQWSHRGVFQELINQAQVHDLLVGTMYAAFSSR FDARTGAPGIRCRRVPARCTQEHNPEPFPWWLNKFVVEHTLDACPLRADD LIPTGEGEIFVSPFSAEEGDFHQIHADLNAAQNLQQRLWSDFDISQIRLR CDWGEVDGELVLIPRLTGKRTADSYSNKVFYTNTGVTYYERERGKKRRKV FAQEKLSEEEAELLVEADEAREKSVVLMRDPSGIINRGNWTRQKEFWSMV NQRIEGYLVKQIRSRVPLQDSACENTGDI
C2c2 (uniprot.org/uniprot/PODOC6)
>spIP0DOC6|C2C2 LEPSD CRISPR-associated endoribonuclease C2c2 OS=Leptotrichia shahii (strain DSM 19757/CCUG 47503/CIP 107916/JCM 16776/LB37) GN=c2c2 PE=1 SV=1 -
(SEQ ID NO: 27) MGNLFGHKRWYEVRDKKDFKIKRKVKVKRNYDGNKYILNINENNNKEKID NNKFIRKYINYKKNDNILKEFTRKFHAGNILFKLKGKEGIIRIENNDDFL ETEEVVLYIEAYGKSEKLKALGITKKKIIDEAIRQGITKDDKKIEIKRQE NEEEIEIDIRDEYTNKTLNDCSIILRIIENDELETKKSIYEIFKNINMSL YKIIEKIIENETEKVFENRYYEEHLREKLLKDDKIDVILTNFMEIREKIK SNLEILGFVKFYLNVGGDKKKSKNKKMLVEKILNINVDLTVEDIADFVIK ELEFWNITKRIEKVKKVNNEFLEKRRNRTYIKSYVLLDKHEKFKIERENK KDKIVKFFVENIKNNSIKEKIEKILAEFKIDELIKKLEKELKKGNCDTEI FGIFKKHYKVNFDSKKFSKKSDEEKELYKIIYRYLKGRIEKILVNEQKVR LKKMEKIEIEKILNESILSEKILKRVKQYTLEHIMYLGKLRHNDIDMTTV NTDDFSRLHAKEELDLELITFFASTNMELNKIFSRENINNDENIDFFGGD REKNYVLDKKILNSKIKIIRDLDFIDNKNNITNNFIRKFTKIGTNERNRI LHAISKERDLQGTQDDYNKVINIIQNLKISDEEVSKALNLDVVFKDKKNI ITKINDIKISEENNNDIKYLPSFSKVLPEILNLYRNNPKNEPFDTIETEK IVLNALIYVNKELYKKLILEDDLEENESKNIFLQELKKTLGNIDEIDENI IENYYKNAQISASKGNNKAIKKYQKKVIECYIGYLRKNYEELFDFSDFKM NIQEIKKQIKDINDNKTYERITVKTSDKTIVINDDFEYIISIFALLNSNA VINKIRNRFFATSVWLNTSEYQNIIDILDEIMQLNTLRNECITENWNLNL EEFIQKMKEIEKDFDDFKIQTKKEIFNNYYEDIKNNILTEFKDDINGCDV LEKKLEKIVIFDDETKFEIDKKSNILQDEQRKLSNINKKDLKKKVDQYIK DKDQEIKSKILCRIIFNSDFLKKYKKEIDNLIEDMESENENKFQEIYYPK ERKNELYIYKKNLFLNIGNPNFDKIYGLISNDIKMADAKFLFNIDGKNIR KNKISEIDAILKNLNDKLNGYSKEYKEKYIKKLKENDDFFAKNIQNKNYK SFEKDYNRVSEYKKIRDLVEFNYLNKIESYLIDINWKLAIQMARFERDMH YIVNGLRELGIIKLSGYNTGISRAYPKRNGSDGFYTTTAYYKFFDEESYK KFEKICYGFGIDLSENSEINKPENESIRNYISHFYIVRNPFADYSIAEQI DRVSNLLSYSTRYNNSTYASVFEVFKKDVNLDYDELKKKFKLIGNNDILE RLMKPKKVSVLELESYNSDYIKNLIIELLTKIENTNDTL - C2c3, translated from >CEPX01008730.1 marine metagenome genome assembly TARA_037_MES_0.1-0.22, contig TARA_037 MES_0.1-0.22 scaffold22115_1, whole genome shotgun sequence.
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(SEQ ID NO: 28) MRSNYHGGRNARQWRKQISGLARRTKETVFTYKFPLETDAAEIDFDKAVQ TYGIAEGVGHGSLIGLVCAFHLSGFRLFSKAGEAMAFRNRSRYPTDAFAE KLSAIMGIQLPTLSPEGLDLIFQSPPRSRDGIAPVWSENEVRNRLYTNWT GRGPANKPDEHLLEIAGEIAKQVFPKFGGWDDLASDPDKALAAADKYFQS QGDFPSIASLPAAIMLSPANSTVDFEGDYIAIDPAAETLLHQAVSRCAAR LGRERPDLDQNKGPFVSSLQDALVSSQNNGLSWLFGVGFQHWKEKSPKEL IDEYKVPADQHGAVTQVKSFVDAIPLNPLFDTTHYGEFRASVAGKVRSWV ANYWKRLLDLKSLLATTEFTLPESISDPKAVSLFSGLLVDPQGLKKVADS LPARLVSAEEAIDRLMGVGIPTAADIAQVERVADEIGAFIGQVQQFNNQV KQKLENLQDADDEEFLKGLKIELPSGDKEPPAINRISGGAPDAAAEISEL EEKLQRLLDARSEHFQTISEWAEENAVTLDPIAAMVELERLRLAERGATG DPEEYALRLLLQRIGRLANRVSPVSAGSIRELLKPVFMEEREFNLFFHNR LGSLYRSPYSTSRHQPFSIDVGKAKAIDWIAGLDQISSDIEKALSGAGEA LGDQLRDWINLAGFAISQRLRGLPDTVPNALAQVRCPDDVRIPPLLAMLL EEDDIARDVCLKAFNLYVSAINGCLFGALREGFIVRTRFQRIGTDQIHYV PKDKAWEYPDRLNTAKGPINAAVSSDWIEKDGAVIKPVETVRNLSSTGFA GAGVSEYLVQAPHDWYTPLDLRDVAHLVTGLPVEKNITKLKRLTNRTAFR MVGASSFKTHLDSVLLSDKIKLGDFTIIIDQHYRQSVTYGGKVKISYEPE RLQVEAAVPVVDTRDRTVPEPDTLFDHIVAIDLGERSVGFAVFDIKSCLR TGEVKPIHDNNGNPVVGTVAVPSIRRLMKAVRSHRRRRQPNQKVNQTYST ALQNYRENVIGDVCNRIDTLMERYNAFPVLEFQIKNFQAGAKQLEIVYGS - In some embodiments, the nucleic acid programmable DNA binding protein (napDNAbp) of any of the fusion proteins provided herein is a Cas9 from archaea (e.g. nanoarchaea), which constitute a domain and kingdom of single-celled prokaryotic microbes. In some embodiments, the napDNAbp is CasX or CasY, which have been described in, for example, Burstein et al., “New CRISPR-Cas systems from uncultivated microbes.” Cell Res. 2017 Feb. 21. doi: 10.1038/cr.2017.21, which is incorporated herein by reference. Using genome-resolved metagenomics, a number of CRISPR-Cas systems were identified, including the first reported Cas9 in the archaeal domain of life. This divergent Cas9 protein was found in nanoarchaea as part of an active CRISPR-Cas system. In bacteria, two previously unknown systems were discovered, CRISPR-CasX and CRISPR-CasY, which are among the most compact systems yet discovered. In some embodiments, Cas9 refers to CasX, or a variant of CasX. In some embodiments, Cas9 refers to a CasY, or a variant of CasY. It should be appreciated that other RNA-guided DNA binding proteins may be used as a nucleic acid programmable DNA binding protein (napDNAbp) and are within the scope of this disclosure.
- In some embodiments, the nucleic acid programmable DNA binding protein (napDNAbp) of any of the fusion proteins provided herein is a CasX or CasY protein. In some embodiments, the napDNAbp is a CasX protein. In some embodiments, the napDNAbp is a CasY protein. In some embodiments, the napDNAbp comprises an amino acid sequence that is at least 85%, at least 90%, at least 91%, at least 92%, at least 93%, at least 94%, at least 95%, at least 96%, at least 97%, at least 98%, at least 99%, or at least 99.5% identical to a naturally-occurring CasX or CasY protein. In some embodiments, the napDNAbp is a naturally-occurring CasX or CasY protein. In some embodiments, the napDNAbp comprises an amino acid sequence that is at least 85%, at least 90%, at least 91%, at least 92%, at least 93%, at least 94%, at least 95%, at least 96%, at least 97%, at least 98%, at least 99%, or at least 99.5% identical to any one of SEQ ID NOs: 29-31. In some embodiments, the napDNAbp comprises an amino acid sequence of any one SEQ ID NOs: 29-31. It should be appreciated that CasX and CasY from other bacterial species may also be used in accordance with the present disclosure.
- CasX (uniprot.org/uniprot/FONN87; uniprot.org/uniprot/FONH53)
>trIF0NN87IF0NN87_SULIH CRISPR-associated Casx protein OS═Sulfolobus islandicus (strain HVE10/4) GN=SiH_0402 PE=4 SV=1 -
(SEQ ID NO: 29) MEVPLYNIFGDNYIIQVATEAENSTIYNNKVEIDDEELRNVLNLAYKIAK NNEDAAAERRGKAKKKKGEEGETTTSNIILPLSGNDKNPWTETLKCYNFP TTVALSEVFKNFSQVKECEEVSAPSFVKPEFYEFGRSPGMVERTRRVKLE VEPHYLIIAAAGWVLTRLGKAKVSEGDYVGVNVFTPTRGILYSLIQNVNG IVPGIKPETAFGLWIARKVVSSVTNPNVSVVRIYTISDAVGQNPTTINGG FSIDLTKLLEKRYLLSERLEAIARNALSISSNMRERYIVLANYIYEYLTG SKRLEDLLYFANRDLIMNLNSDDGKVRDLKLISAYVNGELIRGEG
>trIF0NH53IF0NH53_SULIR CRISPR associated protein, Casx OS═Sulfolobus islandicus (strain REY15A) GN=SiRe_0771 PE=4 SV=1 -
(SEQ ID NO: 30) MEVPLYNIFGDNYIIQVATEAENSTIYNNKVEIDDEELRNVLNLAYKIAK NNEDAAAERRGKAKKKKGEEGETTTSNIILPLSGNDKNPWTETLKCYNFP TTVALSEVFKNFSQVKECEEVSAPSFVKPEFYKFGRSPGMVERTRRVKLE VEPHYLIMAAAGWVLTRLGKAKVSEGDYVGVNVFTPTRGILYSLIQNVNG IVPGIKPETAFGLWIARKVVSSVTNPNVSVVSIYTISDAVGQNPTTINGG FSIDLTKLLEKRDLLSERLEAIARNALSISSNMRERYIVLANYIYEYLTG SKRLEDLLYFANRDLIMNLNSDDGKVRDLKLISAYVNGELIRGEG
CasY (ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/protein/APG80656.1)
>APG80656.1 CRISPR-associated protein CasY [uncultured Parcubacteria group bacterium] -
(SEQ ID NO: 31) MSKRHPRISGVKGYRLHAQRLEYTGKSGAMRTIKYPLYSSPSGGRTVPRE IVSAINDDYVGLYGLSNFDDLYNAEKRNEEKVYSVLDFWYDCVQYGAVFS YTAPGLLKNVAEVRGGSYELTKTLKGSHLYDELQIDKVIKFLNKKEISRA NGSLDKLKKDIIDCFKAEYRERHKDQCNKLADDIKNAKKDAGASLGERQK KLFRDFFGISEQSENDKPSFTNPLNLTCCLLPFDTVNNNRNRGEVLFNKL KEYAQKLDKNEGSLEMWEYIGIGNSGTAFSNFLGEGFLGRLRENKITELK KAMMDITDAWRGQEQEEELEKRLRILAALTIKLREPKFDNHWGGYRSDIN GKLSSWLQNYINQTVKIKEDLKGHKKDLKKAKEMINRFGESDTKEEAVVS SLLESIEKIVPDDSADDEKPDIPAIAIYRRFLSDGRLTLNRFVQREDVQE ALIKERLEAEKKKKPKKRKKKSDAEDEKETIDFKELFPHLAKPLKLVPNF YGDSKRELYKKYKNAAIYTDALWKAVEKIYKSAFSSSLKNSFFDTDFDKD FFIKRLQKIFSVYRRFNTDKWKPIVKNSFAPYCDIVSLAENEVLYKPKQS RSRKSAAIDKNRVRLPSTENIAKAGIALARELSVAGFDWKDLLKKEEHEE YIDLIELHKTALALLLAVTETQLDISALDFVENGTVKDFMKTRDGNLVLE GRFLEMFSQSIVFSELRGLAGLMSRKEFITRSAIQTMNGKQAELLYIPHE FQSAKITTPKEMSRAFLDLAPAEFATSLEPESLSEKSLLKLKQMRYYPHY FGYELTRTGQGIDGGVAENALRLEKSPVKKREIKCKQYKTLGRGQNKIVL YVRSSYYQTQFLEWFLHRPKNVQTDVAVSGSFLIDEKKVKTRWNYDALTV ALEPVSGSERVFVSQPFTIFPEKSAEEEGQRYLGIDIGEYGIAYTALEIT GDSAKILDQNFISDPQLKTLREEVKGLKLDQRRGTFAMPSTKIARIRESL VHSLRNRIHHLALKHKAKIVYELEVSRFEEGKQKIKKVYATLKKADVYSE IDADKNLQTTVWGKLAVASEISASYTSQFCGACKKLWRAEMQVDETITTQ ELIGTVRVIKGGTLIDAIKDFMRPPIFDENDTPFPKYRDFCDKHHISKKM RGNSCLFICPFCRANADADIQASQTIALLRYVKEEKKVEDYFERFRKLKN IKVLGQMKKI - Non-limiting, exemplary Cas9 domains are provided herein. The Cas9 domain may be a nuclease active Cas9 domain, a nucleasae inactive Cas9 domain, or a Cas9 nickase. In some embodiments, the Cas9 domain is a nuclease active domain. For example, the Cas9 domain may be a Cas9 domain that cuts both strands of a duplexed nucleic acid (e.g., both strands of a duplexed DNA molecule). In some embodiments, the Cas9 domain comprises any Cas9 protein, such as any one of the Cas9 amino acid sequences as provided herein. In some embodiments the Cas9 domain comprises an amino acid sequence that is at least 60%, at least 65%, at least 70%, at least 75%, at least 80%, at least 85%, at least 90%, at least 95%, at least 96%, at least 97%, at least 98%, at least 99%, or at least 99.5% identical to any Cas9 protein, such as any one of the Cas9 amino acid sequences as provided herein. In some embodiments, the Cas9 domain comprises an amino acid sequence that has 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 21, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, or more mutations compared to any Cas9 protein, such as any one of the Cas9 amino acid sequences as provided herein. In some embodiments, the Cas9 domain comprises an amino acid sequence that has at least 10, at least 15, at least 20, at least 30, at least 40, at least 50, at least 60, at least 70, at least 80, at least 90, at least 100, at least 150, at least 200, at least 250, at least 300, at least 350, at least 400, at least 500, at least 600, at least 700, at least 800, at least 900, at least 1000, at least 1100, or at least 1200 identical contiguous amino acid residues as compared to any Cas9 protein, such as any one of the Cas9 amino acid sequences as provided herein.
- In some embodiments, the Cas9 domain is a nuclease-inactive Cas9 domain (dCas9). For example, the dCas9 domain may bind to a duplexed nucleic acid molecule (e.g., via a gRNA molecule) without cleaving either strand of the duplexed nucleic acid molecule. In some embodiments, the nuclease-inactive dCas9 domain comprises a D10× mutation and a H840X mutation of the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 6, or a corresponding mutation in any Cas9 protein, such as any one of the Cas9 amino acid sequences as provided herein, wherein X is any amino acid change. In some embodiments, the nuclease-inactive dCas9 domain comprises a D10A mutation and a H840A mutation of the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 6, or a corresponding mutation in any Cas9 protein, such as any one of the Cas9 amino acid sequences as provided herein. As one example, a nuclease-inactive Cas9 domain comprises the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 32 (Cloning vector pPlatTET-gRNA2, Accession No. BAV54124). MDKKYSIGLAIGTNSVGWAVITDEYKVPSKKFKVLGNTDRHSIKKNLIGALLFDSGET AEATRLKRTARRRYTRRKNRICYLQEIFSNEMAKVDDSFFHRLEES FLVEEDKKHERH PIFGNIVDEVAYHEKYPTIYHLRKKLVDSTDKADLRLIYLALAHMIKFRGHFLIEGDLN PDNSDVDKLFIQLVQTYNQLFEENPINASGVDAKAILSARLSKSRRLENLIAQLPGEKK NGLFGNLIALSLGLTPNFKSNFDLAEDAKLQLS KDTYDDDLDNLLAQIGDQYADLFLA AKNLSDAILLSDILRVNTEITKAPLSASMIKRYDEHHQDLTLLKALVRQQLPEKYKEIF FDQS KNGYAGYIDGGAS QEEFYKFIKPILEKMDGTEELLVKLNREDLLRKQRTFDNGS IPHQIHLGELHAILRRQEDFYPFLKDNREKIEKILTFRIPYYVGPLARGNSRFAWMTRKS EETITPWNFEEVVDKGASAQSFIERMTNFDKNLPNEKVLPKHSLLYEYFTVYNELTKV KYVTEGMRKPAFLSGEQKKAIVDLLFKTNRKVTVKQLKEDYFKKIECFDSVEISGVED RFNASLGTYHDLLKIIKDKDFLDNEENEDILEDIVLTLTLFEDREMIEERLKTYAHLFD DKVMKQLKRRRYTGWGRLSRKLINGIRDKQSGKTILDFLKSDGFANRNFMQLIHDDS LTFKEDIQKAQVSGQGDSLHEHIANLAGSPAIKKGILQTVKVVDELVKVMGRHKPENI VIEMARENQTTQKGQKNSRERMKRIEEGIKELGSQILKEHPVENTQLQNEKLYLYYLQ NGRDMYVDQELDINRLSDYDVDAIVPQSFLKDDSIDNKVLTRSDKNRGKSDNVPSEE VVKKMKNYWRQLLNAKLITQRKFDNLTKAERGGLSELDKAGFIKRQLVETRQITKH VAQILDSRMNTKYDENDKLIREVKVITLKSKLVSDFRKDFQFYKVREINNYHHAHDA YLNAVVGTALIKKYPKLESEFVYGDYKVYDVRKMIAKSEQEIGKATAKYFFYSNIMN FFKTEITLANGEIRKRPLIETNGETGEIVWDKGRDFATVRKVLSMPQVNIVKKTEVQT GGFSKESILPKRNSDKLIARKKDWDPKKYGGFDSPTVAYSVLVVAKVEKGKSKKLKS VKELLGITIMERSSFEKNPIDFLEAKGYKEVKKDLIIKLPKYSLFELENGRKRMLASAG ELQKGNELALPSKYVNFLYLASHYEKLKGSPEDNEQKQLFVEQHKHYLDEIIEQISEFS KRVILADANLDKVLSAYNKHRDKPIREQAENIIHLFTLTNLGAPAAFKYFDTTIDRKR YTSTKEVLDATLIHQSITGLYETRIDLSQLGGD (SEQ ID NO: 32; see, e.g., Qi et al., Repurposing CRISPR as an RNA-guided platform for sequence-specific control of gene expression. Cell. 2013; 152(5):1173-83, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference).
- Additional suitable nuclease-inactive dCas9 domains will be apparent to those of skill in the art based on this disclosure and knowledge in the field, and are within the scope of this disclosure. Such additional exemplary suitable nuclease-inactive Cas9 domains include, but are not limited to, D10A/H840A, D10A/D839A/H840A, and D10A/D839A/H840A/N863A mutant domains (See, e.g., Prashant et al., CAS9 transcriptional activators for target specificity screening and paired nickases for cooperative genome engineering. Nature Biotechnology. 2013; 31(9): 833-838, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference). In some embodiments the dCas9 domain comprises an amino acid sequence that is at least 60%, at least 65%, at least 70%, at least 75%, at least 80%, at least 85%, at least 90%, at least 95%, at least 96%, at least 97%, at least 98%, at least 99%, or at least 99.5% identical to any one of the dCas9 domains provided herein. In some embodiments, the Cas9 domain comprises an amino acid sequences that has 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 21, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50 or more or more mutations compared to any Cas9 protein, such as any one of the Cas9 amino acid sequences as provided herein. In some embodiments, the Cas9 domain comprises an amino acid sequence that has at least 10, at least 15, at least 20, at least 30, at least 40, at least 50, at least 60, at least 70, at least 80, at least 90, at least 100, at least 150, at least 200, at least 250, at least 300, at least 350, at least 400, at least 500, at least 600, at least 700, at least 800, at least 900, at least 1000, at least 1100, or at least 1200 identical contiguous amino acid residues as compared to any Cas9 protein, such as any one of the Cas9 amino acid sequences as provided herein.
- In some embodiments, the Cas9 domain is a Cas9 nickase. The Cas9 nickase may be a Cas9 protein that is capable of cleaving only one strand of a duplexed nucleic acid molecule (e.g., a duplexed DNA molecule). In some embodiments the Cas9 nickase cleaves the target strand of a duplexed nucleic acid molecule, meaning that the Cas9 nickase cleaves the strand that is base paired to (complementary to) a gRNA (e.g., an sgRNA) that is bound to the Cas9. In some embodiments, a Cas9 nickase comprises a D10A mutation and has a histidine at position 840 of SEQ ID NO: 6, or a mutation in any Cas9 protein, such as any one of the Cas9 amino acid sequences as provided herein. For example, a Cas9 nickase may comprise the amino acid sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 8. In some embodiments the Cas9 nickase cleaves the non-target, non-base-edited strand of a duplexed nucleic acid molecule, meaning that the Cas9 nickase cleaves the strand that is not base paired to a gRNA (e.g., an sgRNA) that is bound to the Cas9. In some embodiments, a Cas9 nickase comprises an H840A mutation and has an aspartic acid residue at
position 10 of SEQ ID NO: 6, or a corresponding mutation in any Cas9 protein, such as any one of the Cas9 amino acid sequences as provided herein. In some embodiments the Cas9 nickase comprises an amino acid sequence that is at least 60%, at least 65%, at least 70%, at least 75%, at least 80%, at least 85%, at least 90%, at least 95%, at least 96%, at least 97%, at least 98%, at least 99%, or at least 99.5% identical to any one of the Cas9 nickases provided herein. Additional suitable Cas9 nickases will be apparent to those of skill in the art based on this disclosure and knowledge in the field, and are within the scope of this disclosure. - Cas9 Domains with Reduced PAM Exclusivity
- Some aspects of the disclosure provide Cas9 domains that have different PAM specificities. Typically, Cas9 proteins, such as Cas9 from S. pyogenes (spCas9), require a canonical NGG PAM sequence to bind a particular nucleic acid region. This may limit the ability to edit desired bases within a genome. In some embodiments, the base editing fusion proteins provided herein may need to be placed at a precise location, for example where a target base is placed within a 4 base region (e.g., a “deamination window”), which is approximately 15 bases upstream of the PAM. See Komor, A. C., et al., “Programmable editing of a target base in genomic DNA without double-stranded DNA cleavage” Nature 533, 420-424 (2016), the entire contents of which are hereby incorporated by reference. Accordingly, in some embodiments, any of the fusion proteins provided herein may contain a Cas9 domain that is capable of binding a nucleotide sequence that does not contain a canonical (e.g., NGG) PAM sequence. Cas9 domains that bind to non-canonical PAM sequences have been described in the art and would be apparent to the skilled artisan. For example, Cas9 domains that bind non-canonical PAM sequences have been described in Kleinstiver, B. P., et al., “Engineered CRISPR-Cas9 nucleases with altered PAM specificities” Nature 523, 481-485 (2015); and Kleinstiver, B. P., et al., “Broadening the targeting range of Staphylococcus aureus CRISPR-Cas9 by modifying PAM recognition”
Nature Biotechnology 33, 1293-1298 (2015); the entire contents of each are hereby incorporated by reference. - In some embodiments, the Cas9 domain is a Cas9 domain from Staphylococcus aureus (SaCas9). In some embodiments, the SaCas9 domain is a nuclease active SaCas9, a nuclease inactive SaCas9 (SaCas9d), or a SaCas9 nickase (SaCas9n). In some embodiments, the SaCas9 comprises the amino acid sequence SEQ ID NO: 33. In some embodiments, the SaCas9 comprises a N579X mutation of SEQ ID NO: 33, or a corresponding mutation in any Cas9 protein, such as any one of the Cas9 amino acid sequences as provided herein, wherein X is any amino acid except for N. In some embodiments, the SaCas9 comprises a N579A mutation of SEQ ID NO: 33, or a corresponding mutation in any Cas9 protein, such as any one of the Cas9 amino acid sequences as provided herein. In some embodiments, the SaCas9 domain, the SaCas9d domain, or the SaCas9n domain can bind to a nucleic acid sequence having a non-canonical PAM. In some embodiments, the SaCas9 domain, the SaCas9d domain, or the SaCas9n domain can bind to a nucleic acid sequence having a NNGRRT PAM sequence. In some embodiments, the SaCas9 domain comprises one or more of a E781X, a N967X, and a R1014X mutation of SEQ ID NO: 33, or a corresponding mutation in any Cas9 protein, such as any one of the Cas9 amino acid sequences as provided herein, wherein X is any amino acid. In some embodiments, the SaCas9 domain comprises one or more of a E781K, a N967K, and a R1014H mutation of SEQ ID NO: 33, or one or more corresponding mutation in any Cas9 protein, such as any one of the Cas9 amino acid sequences as provided herein. In some embodiments, the SaCas9 domain comprises a E781K, a N967K, or a R1014H mutation of SEQ ID NO: 33, or corresponding mutations in any Cas9 protein, such as any one of the Cas9 amino acid sequences as provided herein.
- In some embodiments, the Cas9 domain of any of the fusion proteins provided herein comprises an amino acid sequence that is at least 60%, at least 65%, at least 70%, at least 75%, at least 80%, at least 85%, at least 90%, at least 95%, at least 96%, at least 97%, at least 98%, at least 99%, or at least 99.5% identical to any one of SEQ ID NOs: 33-36. In some embodiments, the Cas9 domain of any of the fusion proteins provided herein comprises the amino acid sequence of any one of SEQ ID NOs: 33-36. In some embodiments, the Cas9 domain of any of the fusion proteins provided herein consists of the amino acid sequence of any one of SEQ ID NOs: 33-36.
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(SEQ ID NO: 33) KRNYILGLDIGITSVGYGIIDYETRDVIDAGVRLFKEANVENNEGRRSKR GARRLKRRRRHRIQRVKKLLFDYNLLTDHSELSGINPYEARVKGLSQKLS EEEFSAALLHLAKRRGVHNVNEVEEDTGNELSTKEQISRNSKALEEKYVA ELQLERLKKDGEVRGSINRFKTSDYVKEAKQLLKVQKAYHQLDQSFIDTY IDLLETRRTYYEGPGEGSPFGWKDIKEWYEMLMGHCTYFPEELRSVKYAY NADLYNALNDLNNLVITRDENEKLEYYEKFQIIENVFKQKKKPTLKQIAK EILVNEEDIKGYRVTSTGKPEFTNLKVYHDIKDITARKEIIENAELLDQI AKILTIYQSSEDIQEELTNLNSELTQEEIEQISNLKGYTGTHNLSLKAIN LILDELWHTNDNQIAIFNRLKLVPKKVDLSQQKEIPTTLVDDFILSPVVK RSFIQSIKVINAIIKKYGLPNDIIIELAREKNSKDAQKMINEMQKRNRQT NERIEEIIRTTGKENAKYLIEKIKLHDMQEGKCLYSLEAIPLEDLLNNPF NYEVDHIIPRSVSFDNSFNNKVLVKQEE N SKKGNRTPFQYLSSSDSKISY ETFKKHILNLAKGKGRISKTKKEYLLEERDINRFSVQKDFINRNLVDTRY ATRGLMNLLRSYFRVNNLDVKVKSINGGFTSFLRRKWKFKKERNKGYKHH AEDALIIANADFIFKEWKKLDKAKKVMENQMFEEKQAESMPEIETEQEYK EIFITPHQIKHIKDFKDYKYSHRVDKKPNRELINDTLYSTRKDDKGNTLI VNNLNGLYDKDNDKLKKLINKSPEKLLMYHHDPQTYQKLKLIMEQYGDEK NPLYKYYEETGNYLTKYSKKDNGPVIKKIKYYGNKLNAHLDITDDYPNSR NKVVKLSLKPYRFDVYLDNGVYKFVTVKNLDVIKKENYYEVNSKCYEEAK KLKKISNQAEFIASFYNNDLIKINGELYRVIGVNNDLLNRIEVNMIDITY REYLENMNDKRPPRIIKTIASKTQSIKKYSTDILGNLYEVKSKKHPQIIK KG
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(SEQ ID NO: 34) KRNYILGL A IGITSVGYGIIDYETRDVIDAGVRLFKEANVENNEGRRSKR GARRLKRRRRHRIQRVKKLLFDYNLLTDHSELSGINPYEARVKGLSQKLS EEEFSAALLHLAKRRGVHNVNEVEEDTGNELSTKEQISRNSKALEEKYVA ELQLERLKKDGEVRGSINRFKTSDYVKEAKQLLKVQKAYHQLDQSFIDTY IDLLETRRTYYEGPGEGSPFGWKDIKEWYEMLMGHCTYFPEELRSVKYAY NADLYNALNDLNNLVITRDENEKLEYYEKFQIIENVFKQKKKPTLKQIAK EILVNEEDIKGYRVTSTGKPEFTNLKVYHDIKDITARKEIIENAELLDQI AKILTIYQSSEDIQEELTNLNSELTQEEIEQISNLKGYTGTHNLSLKAIN LILDELWHTNDNQIAIFNRLKLVPKKVDLSQQKEIPTTLVDDFILSPVVK RSFIQSIKVINAIIKKYGLPNDIIIELAREKNSKDAQKMINEMQKRNRQT NERIEEIIRTTGKENAKYLIEKIKLHDMQEGKCLYSLEAIPLEDLLNNPF NYEVDHIIPRSVSFDNSFNNKVLVKQEENSKKGNRTPFQYLSSSDSKISY ETFKKHILNLAKGKGRISKTKKEYLLEERDINRFSVQKDFINRNLVDTRY ATRGLMNLLRSYFRVNNLDVKVKSINGGFTSFLRRKWKFKKERNKGYKHH AEDALIIANADFIFKEWKKLDKAKKVMENQMFEEKQAESMPEIETEQEYK EIFITPHQIKHIKDFKDYKYSHRVDKKPNRELINDTLYSTRKDDKGNTLI VNNLNGLYDKDNDKLKKLINKSPEKLLMYHHDPQTYQKLKLIMEQYGDEK NPLYKYYEETGNYLTKYSKKDNGPVIKKIKYYGNKLNAHLDITDDYPNSR NKVVKLSLKPYRFDVYLDNGVYKFVTVKNLDVIKKENYYEVNSKCYEEAK KLKKISNQAEFIASFYNNDLIKINGELYRVIGVNNDLLNRIEVNMIDITY REYLENMNDKRPPRIIKTIASKTQSIKKYSTDILGNLYEVKSKKHPQIIK KG
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(SEQ ID NO: 35) KRNYILGLDIGITSVGYGIIDYETRDVIDAGVRLFKEANVENNEGRRSKR GARRLKRRRRHRIQRVKKLLFDYNLLTDHSELSGINPYEARVKGLSQKLS EEEFSAALLHLAKRRGVHNVNEVEEDTGNELSTKEQISRNSKALEEKYVA ELQLERLKKDGEVRGSINRFKTSDYVKEAKQLLKVQKAYHQLDQSFIDTY IDLLETRRTYYEGPGEGSPFGWKDIKEWYEMLMGHCTYFPEELRSVKYAY NADLYNALNDLNNLVITRDENEKLEYYEKFQIIENVFKQKKKPTLKQIAK EILVNEEDIKGYRVTSTGKPEFTNLKVYHDIKDITARKEIIENAELLDQI AKILTIYQSSEDIQEELTNLNSELTQEEIEQISNLKGYTGTHNLSLKAIN LILDELWHTNDNQIAIFNRLKLVPKKVDLSQQKEIPTTLVDDFILSPVVK RSFIQSIKVINAIIKKYGLPNDIIIELAREKNSKDAQKMINEMQKRNRQT NERIEEIIRTTGKENAKYLIEKIKLHDMQEGKCLYSLEAIPLEDLLNNPF NYEVDHIIPRSVSFDNSFNNKVLVKQEE A SKKGNRTPFQYLSSSDSKISY ETFKKHILNLAKGKGRISKTKKEYLLEERDINRFSVQKDFINRNLVDTRY ATRGLMNLLRSYFRVNNLDVKVKSINGGFTSFLRRKWKFKKERNKGYKHH AEDALIIANADFIFKEWKKLDKAKKVMENQMFEEKQAESMPEIETEQEYK EIFITPHQIKHIKDFKDYKYSHRVDKKPNRELINDTLYSTRKDDKGNTLI VNNLNGLYDKDNDKLKKLINKSPEKLLMYHHDPQTYQKLKLIMEQYGDEK NPLYKYYEETGNYLTKYSKKDNGPVIKKIKYYGNKLNAHLDITDDYPNSR NKVVKLSLKPYRFDVYLDNGVYKFVTVKNLDVIKKENYYEVNSKCYEEAK KLKKISNQAEFIASFYNNDLIKINGELYRVIGVNNDLLNRIEVNMIDITY REYLENMNDKRPPRIIKTIASKTQSIKKYSTDILGNLYEVKSKKHPQIIK KG.
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(SEQ ID NO: 36) KRNYILGLDIGITSVGYGIIDYETRDVIDAGVRLFKEANVENNEGRRSKR GARRLKRRRRHRIQRVKKLLFDYNLLTDHSELSGINPYEARVKGLSQKLS EEEFSAALLHLAKRRGVHNVNEVEEDTGNELSTKEQISRNSKALEEKYVA ELQLERLKKDGEVRGSINRFKTSDYVKEAKQLLKVQKAYHQLDQSFIDTY IDLLETRRTYYEGPGEGSPFGWKDIKEWYEMLMGHCTYFPEELRSVKYAY NADLYNALNDLNNLVITRDENEKLEYYEKFQIIENVFKQKKKPTLKQIAK EILVNEEDIKGYRVTSTGKPEFTNLKVYHDIKDITARKEIIENAELLDQI AKILTIYQSSEDIQEELTNLNSELTQEEIEQISNLKGYTGTHNLSLKAIN LILDELWHTNDNQIAIFNRLKLVPKKVDLSQQKEIPTTLVDDFILSPVVK RSFIQSIKVINAIIKKYGLPNDIIIELAREKNSKDAQKMINEMQKRNRQT NERIEEIIRTTGKENAKYLIEKIKLHDMQEGKCLYSLEAIPLEDLLNNPF NYEVDHIIPRSVSFDNSFNNKVLVKQEE A SKKGNRTPFQYLSSSDSKISY ETFKKHILNLAKGKGRISKTKKEYLLEERDINRFSVQKDFINRNLVDTRY ATRGLMNLLRSYFRVNNLDVKVKSINGGFTSFLRRKWKFKKERNKGYKHH AEDALIIANADFIFKEWKKLDKAKKVMENQMFEEKQAESMPEIETEQEYK EIFITPHQIKHIKDFKDYKYSHRVDKKPNR K LINDTLYSTRKDDKGNTLI VNNLNGLYDKDNDKLKKLINKSPEKLLMYHHDPQTYQKLKLIMEQYGDEK NPLYKYYEETGNYLTKYSKKDNGPVIKKIKYYGNKLNAHLDITDDYPNSR NKVVKLSLKPYRFDVYLDNGVYKFVTVKNLDVIKKENYYEVNSKCYEEAK KLKKISNQAEFIASFY K NDLIKINGELYRVIGVNNDLLNRIEVNMIDITY REYLENMNDKRPP H IIKTIASKTQSIKKYSTDILGNLYEVKSKKHPQIIK KG.
Residue A579 of SEQ ID NO: 36, which can be mutated from N579 of SEQ ID NO: 36 to yield a SaCas9 nickase, is underlined and in bold. Residues K781, K967, and H1014 of SEQ ID NO: 36, which can be mutated from E781, N967, and R1014 of SEQ ID NO: 36 to yield a SaKKH Cas9 are underlined and in italics. - In some embodiments, the Cas9 domain is a Cas9 domain from Streptococcus pyogenes (SpCas9). In some embodiments, the SpCas9 domain is a nuclease active SpCas9, a nuclease inactive SpCas9 (SpCas9d), or a SpCas9 nickase (SpCas9n). In some embodiments, the SpCas9 comprises the amino acid sequence SEQ ID NO: 37. In some embodiments, the SpCas9 comprises a D9X mutation of SEQ ID NO: 37, or a corresponding mutation in any Cas9 protein, such as any one of the Cas9 amino acid sequences as provided herein, wherein X is any amino acid except for D. In some embodiments, the SpCas9 comprises a D9A mutation of SEQ ID NO: 37, or a corresponding mutation in any Cas9 protein, such as any one of the Cas9 amino acid sequences as provided herein. In some embodiments, the SpCas9 domain, the SpCas9d domain, or the SpCas9n domain can bind to a nucleic acid sequence having a non-canonical PAM. In some embodiments, the SpCas9 domain, the SpCas9d domain, or the SpCas9n domain can bind to a nucleic acid sequence having a NGG, a NGA, or a NGCG PAM sequence. In some embodiments, the SpCas9 domain comprises one or more of a D1134X, a R1334X, and a T1336X mutation of SEQ ID NO: 37, or a corresponding mutation in any Cas9 protein, such as any one of the Cas9 amino acid sequences as provided herein, wherein X is any amino acid. In some embodiments, the SpCas9 domain comprises one or more of a D1134E, R1334Q, and T1336R mutation of SEQ ID NO: 37, or a corresponding mutation in any Cas9 protein, such as any one of the Cas9 amino acid sequences as provided herein. In some embodiments, the SpCas9 domain comprises a D1134E, a R1334Q, and a T1336R mutation of SEQ ID NO: 37, or corresponding mutations in any Cas9 protein, such as any one of the Cas9 amino acid sequences as provided herein. In some embodiments, the SpCas9 domain comprises one or more of a D1134X, a R1334X, and a T1336X mutation of SEQ ID NO: 37, or a corresponding mutation in any Cas9 protein, such as any one of the Cas9 amino acid sequences as provided herein, wherein X is any amino acid. In some embodiments, the SpCas9 domain comprises one or more of a D1134V, a R1334Q, and a T1336R mutation of SEQ ID NO: 37, or a corresponding mutation in any Cas9 protein, such as any one of the Cas9 amino acid sequences as provided herein. In some embodiments, the SpCas9 domain comprises a D1134V, a R1334Q, and a T1336R mutation of SEQ ID NO: 37, or corresponding mutations in any Cas9 protein, such as any one of the Cas9 amino acid sequences as provided herein. In some embodiments, the SpCas9 domain comprises one or more of a D1134X, a G1217X, a R1334X, and a T1336X mutation of SEQ ID NO: 37, or a corresponding mutation in any Cas9 protein, such as any one of the Cas9 amino acid sequences as provided herein, wherein X is any amino acid. In some embodiments, the SpCas9 domain comprises one or more of a D1134V, a G1217R, a R1334Q, and a T1336R mutation of SEQ ID NO: 37, or a corresponding mutation in any Cas9 protein, such as any one of the Cas9 amino acid sequences as provided herein. In some embodiments, the SpCas9 domain comprises a D1134V, a G1217R, a R1334Q, and a T1336R mutation of SEQ ID NO: 37, or corresponding mutations in any Cas9 protein, such as any one of the Cas9 amino acid sequences as provided herein.
- In some embodiments, the Cas9 domain of any of the fusion proteins provided herein comprises an amino acid sequence that is at least 60%, at least 65%, at least 70%, at least 75%, at least 80%, at least 85%, at least 90%, at least 95%, at least 96%, at least 97%, at least 98%, at least 99%, or at least 99.5% identical to any one of SEQ ID NOs: 37-41. In some embodiments, the Cas9 domain of any of the fusion proteins provided herein comprises the amino acid sequence of any one of SEQ ID NOs: 37-41. In some embodiments, the Cas9 domain of any of the fusion proteins provided herein consists of the amino acid sequence of any one of SEQ ID NOs: 37-41.
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(SEQ ID NO: 37) DKKYSIGLDIGTNSVGWAVITDEYKVPSKKFKVLGNTDRHSIKKNLIGAL LFDSGETAEATRLKRTARRRYTRRKNRICYLQEIFSNEMAKVDDSFFHRL EESFLVEEDKKHERHPIFGNIVDEVAYHEKYPTIYHLRKKLVDSTDKADL RLIYLALAHMIKFRGHFLIEGDLNPDNSDVDKLFIQLVQTYNQLFEENPI NASGVDAKAILSARLSKSRRLENLIAQLPGEKKNGLFGNLIALSLGLTPN FKSNFDLAEDAKLQLSKDTYDDDLDNLLAQIGDQYADLFLAAKNLSDAIL LSDILRVNTEITKAPLSASMIKRYDEHHQDLTLLKALVRQQLPEKYKEIF FDQSKNGYAGYIDGGASQEEFYKFIKPILEKMDGTEELLVKLNREDLLRK QRTFDNGSIPHQIHLGELHAILRRQEDFYPFLKDNREKIEKILTFRIPYY VGPLARGNSRFAWMTRKSEETITPWNFEEVVDKGASAQSFIERMTNFDKN LPNEKVLPKHSLLYEYFTVYNELTKVKYVTEGMRKPAFLSGEQKKAIVDL LFKTNRKVTVKQLKEDYFKKIECFDSVEISGVEDRFNASLGTYHDLLKII KDKDFLDNEENEDILEDIVLTLTLFEDREMIEERLKTYAHLFDDKVMKQL KRRRYTGWGRLSRKLINGIRDKQSGKTILDFLKSDGFANRNFMQLIHDDS LTFKEDIQKAQVSGQGDSLHEHIANLAGSPAIKKGILQTVKVVDELVKVM GRHKPENIVIEMARENQTTQKGQKNSRERMKRIEEGIKELGSQILKEHPV ENTQLQNEKLYLYYLQNGRDMYVDQELDINRLSDYDVDHIVPQSFLKDDS IDNKVLTRSDKNRGKSDNVPSEEVVKKMKNYWRQLLNAKLITQRKFDNLT KAERGGLSELDKAGFIKRQLVETRQITKHVAQILDSRMNTKYDENDKLIR EVKVITLKSKLVSDFRKDFQFYKVREINNYHHAHDAYLNAVVGTALIKKY PKLESEFVYGDYKVYDVRKMIAKSEQEIGKATAKYFFYSNIMNFFKTEIT LANGEIRKRPLIETNGETGEIVWDKGRDFATVRKVLSMPQVNIVKKTEVQ TGGFSKESILPKRNSDKLIARKKDWDPKKYGGFDSPTVAYSVLVVAKVEK GKSKKLKSVKELLGITIMERSSFEKNPIDFLEAKGYKEVKKDLIIKLPKY SLFELENGRKRMLASAGELQKGNELALPSKYVNFLYLASHYEKLKGSPED NEQKQLFVEQHKHYLDEIIEQISEFSKRVILADANLDKVLSAYNKHRDKP IREQAENIIHLFTLTNLGAPAAFKYFDTTIDRKRYTSTKEVLDATLIHQS ITGLYETRIDLSQLGGD -
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(SEQ ID NO: 39) DKKYSIGLAIGTNSVGWAVITDEYKVPSKKFKVLGNTDRHSIKKNLIGAL LFDSGETAEATRLKRTARRRYTRRKNRICYLQEIFSNEMAKVDDSFFHRL EESFLVEEDKKHERHPIFGNIVDEVAYHEKYPTIYHLRKKLVDSTDKADL RLIYLALAHMIKFRGHFLIEGDLNPDNSDVDKLFIQLVQTYNQLFEENPI NASGVDAKAILSARLSKSRRLENLIAQLPGEKKNGLFGNLIALSLGLTPN FKSNFDLAEDAKLQLSKDTYDDDLDNLLAQIGDQYADLFLAAKNLSDAIL LSDILRVNTEITKAPLSASMIKRYDEHHQDLTLLKALVRQQLPEKYKEIF FDQSKNGYAGYIDGGASQEEFYKFIKPILEKMDGTEELLVKLNREDLLRK QRTFDNGSIPHQIHLGELHAILRRQEDFYPFLKDNREKIEKILTFRIPYY VGPLARGNSRFAWMTRKSEETITPWNFEEVVDKGASAQSFIERMTNFDKN LPNEKVLPKHSLLYEYFTVYNELTKVKYVTEGMRKPAFLSGEQKKAIVDL LFKTNRKVTVKQLKEDYFKKIECFDSVEISGVEDRFNASLGTYHDLLKII KDKDFLDNEENEDILEDIVLTLTLFEDREMIEERLKTYAHLFDDKVMKQL KRRRYTGWGRLSRKLINGIRDKQSGKTILDFLKSDGFANRNFMQLIHDDS LTFKEDIQKAQVSGQGDSLHEHIANLAGSPAIKKGILQTVKVVDELVKVM GRHKPENIVIEMARENQTTQKGQKNSRERMKRIEEGIKELGSQILKEHPV ENTQLQNEKLYLYYLQNGRDMYVDQELDINRLSDYDVDHIVPQSFLKDDS IDNKVLTRSDKNRGKSDNVPSEEVVKKMKNYWRQLLNAKLITQRKFDNLT KAERGGLSELDKAGFIKRQLVETRQITKHVAQILDSRMNTKYDENDKLIR EVKVITLKSKLVSDFRKDFQFYKVREINNYHHAHDAYLNAVVGTALIKKY PKLESEFVYGDYKVYDVRKMIAKSEQEIGKATAKYFFYSNIMNFFKTEIT LANGEIRKRPLIETNGETGEIVWDKGRDFATVRKVLSMPQVNIVKKTEVQ TGGFSKESILPKRNSDKLIARKKDWDPKKYGGF E SPTVAYSVLVVAKVEK GKSKKLKSVKELLGITIMERSSFEKNPIDFLEAKGYKEVKKDLIIKLPKY SLFELENGRKRMLASAGELQKGNELALPSKYVNFLYLASHYEKLKGSPED NEQKQLFVEQHKHYLDEIIEQISEFSKRVILADANLDKVLSAYNKHRDKP IREQAENIIHLFTLTNLGAPAAFKYFDTTIDRK Q Y R STKEVLDATLIHQS ITGLYETRIDLSQLGGD
Residues E1134, Q1334, and R1336 of SEQ ID NO: 39, which can be mutated from D1134, R1334, and T1336 of SEQ ID NO: 39 to yield a SpEQR Cas9, are underlined and in bold. -
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(SEQ ID NO: 40) DKKYSIGLAIGTNSVGWAVITDEYKVPSKKFKVLGNTDRHSIKKNLIGAL LFDSGETAEATRLKRTARRRYTRRKNRICYLQEIFSNEMAKVDDSFFHRL EESFLVEEDKKHERHPIFGNIVDEVAYHEKYPTIYHLRKKLVDSTDKADL RLIYLALAHMIKFRGHFLIEGDLNPDNSDVDKLFIQLVQTYNQLFEENPI NASGVDAKAILSARLSKSRRLENLIAQLPGEKKNGLFGNLIALSLGLTPN FKSNFDLAEDAKLQLSKDTYDDDLDNLLAQIGDQYADLFLAAKNLSDAIL LSDILRVNTEITKAPLSASMIKRYDEHHQDLTLLKALVRQQLPEKYKEIF FDQSKNGYAGYIDGGASQEEFYKFIKPILEKMDGTEELLVKLNREDLLRK QRTFDNGSIPHQIHLGELHAILRRQEDFYPFLKDNREKIEKILTFRIPYY VGPLARGNSRFAWMTRKSEETITPWNFEEVVDKGASAQSFIERMTNFDKN LPNEKVLPKHSLLYEYFTVYNELTKVKYVTEGMRKPAFLSGEQKKAIVDL LFKTNRKVTVKQLKEDYFKKIECFDSVEISGVEDRFNASLGTYHDLLKII KDKDFLDNEENEDILEDIVLTLTLFEDREMIEERLKTYAHLFDDKVMKQL KRRRYTGWGRLSRKLINGIRDKQSGKTILDFLKSDGFANRNFMQLIHDDS LTFKEDIQKAQVSGQGDSLHEHIANLAGSPAIKKGILQTVKVVDELVKVM GRHKPENIVIEMARENQTTQKGQKNSRERMKRIEEGIKELGSQILKEHPV ENTQLQNEKLYLYYLQNGRDMYVDQELDINRLSDYDVDHIVPQSFLKDDS IDNKVLTRSDKNRGKSDNVPSEEVVKKMKNYWRQLLNAKLITQRKFDNLT KAERGGLSELDKAGFIKRQLVETRQITKHVAQILDSRMNTKYDENDKLIR EVKVITLKSKLVSDFRKDFQFYKVREINNYHHAHDAYLNAVVGTALIKKY PKLESEFVYGDYKVYDVRKMIAKSEQEIGKATAKYFFYSNIMNFFKTEIT LANGEIRKRPLIETNGETGEIVWDKGRDFATVRKVLSMPQVNIVKKTEVQ TGGFSKESILPKRNSDKLIARKKDWDPKKYGGF V SPTVAYSVLVVAKVEK GKSKKLKSVKELLGITIMERSSFEKNPIDFLEAKGYKEVKKDLIIKLPKY SLFELENGRKRMLASAGELQKGNELALPSKYVNFLYLASHYEKLKGSPED NEQKQLFVEQHKHYLDEIIEQISEFSKRVILADANLDKVLSAYNKHRDKP IREQAENIIHLFTLTNLGAPAAFKYFDTTIDRK Q Y R STKEVLDATLIHQS ITGLYETRIDLSQLGGD
Residues V1134, Q1334, and R1336 of SEQ ID NO: 40, which can be mutated from D1134, R1334, and T1336 of SEQ ID NO: 40 to yield a SpVQR Cas9, are underlined and in bold. -
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(SEQ ID NO: 41) DKKYSIGLAIGTNSVGWAVITDEYKVPSKKFKVLGNTDRHSIKKNLIGAL LFDSGETAEATRLKRTARRRYTRRKNRICYLQEIFSNEMAKVDDSFFHRL EESFLVEEDKKHERHPIFGNIVDEVAYHEKYPTIYHLRKKLVDSTDKADL RLIYLALAHMIKFRGHFLIEGDLNPDNSDVDKLFIQLVQTYNQLFEENPI NASGVDAKAILSARLSKSRRLENLIAQLPGEKKNGLFGNLIALSLGLTPN FKSNFDLAEDAKLQLSKDTYDDDLDNLLAQIGDQYADLFLAAKNLSDAIL LSDILRVNTEITKAPLSASMIKRYDEHHQDLTLLKALVRQQLPEKYKEIF FDQSKNGYAGYIDGGASQEEFYKFIKPILEKMDGTEELLVKLNREDLLRK QRTFDNGSIPHQIHLGELHAILRRQEDFYPFLKDNREKIEKILTFRIPYY VGPLARGNSRFAWMTRKSEETITPWNFEEVVDKGASAQSFIERMTNFDKN LPNEKVLPKHSLLYEYFTVYNELTKVKYVTEGMRKPAFLSGEQKKAIVDL LFKTNRKVTVKQLKEDYFKKIECFDSVEISGVEDRFNASLGTYHDLLKII KDKDFLDNEENEDILEDIVLTLTLFEDREMIEERLKTYAHLFDDKVMKQL KRRRYTGWGRLSRKLINGIRDKQSGKTILDFLKSDGFANRNFMQLIHDDS LTFKEDIQKAQVSGQGDSLHEHIANLAGSPAIKKGILQTVKVVDELVKVM GRHKPENIVIEMARENQTTQKGQKNSRERMKRIEEGIKELGSQILKEHPV ENTQLQNEKLYLYYLQNGRDMYVDQELDINRLSDYDVDHIVPQSFLKDDS IDNKVLTRSDKNRGKSDNVPSEEVVKKMKNYWRQLLNAKLITQRKFDNLT KAERGGLSELDKAGFIKRQLVETRQITKHVAQILDSRMNTKYDENDKLIR EVKVITLKSKLVSDFRKDFQFYKVREINNYHHAHDAYLNAVVGTALIKKY PKLESEFVYGDYKVYDVRKMIAKSEQEIGKATAKYFFYSNIMNFFKTEIT LANGEIRKRPLIETNGETGEIVWDKGRDFATVRKVLSMPQVNIVKKTEVQ TGGFSKESILPKRNSDKLIARKKDWDPKKYGGF V SPTVAYSVLVVAKVEK GKSKKLKSVKELLGITIMERSSFEKNPIDFLEAKGYKEVKKDLIIKLPKY SLFELENGRKRMLASA R ELQKGNELALPSKYVNFLYLASHYEKLKGSPED NEQKQLFVEQHKHYLDEIIEQISEFSKRVILADANLDKVLSAYNKHRDKP IREQAENIIHLFTLTNLGAPAAFKYFDTTIDRK E Y R STKEVLDATLIHQS ITGLYETRIDLSQLGGD
Residues V1134, R1217, Q1334, and R1336 of SEQ ID NO: 41, which can be mutated from D1134, G1217, R1334, and T1336 of SEQ ID NO: 41 to yield a SpVRER Cas9, are underlined and in bold. - The following are exemplary fusion proteins (e.g., base editing proteins) capable of binding to a nucleic acid sequence having a non-canonical (e.g., a non-NGG) PAM sequence:
- Exemplary SaBE3 (rAPOBEC1-XTEN-SaCas9n-UGI-NLS)
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(SEQ ID NO: 42) MSSETGPVAVDPTLRRRIEPHEFEVFFDPRELRKETCLLYEINWGGRHSI WRHTSQNTNKHVEVNFIEKFTTERYFCPNTRCSITWFLSWSPCGECSRAI TEFLSRYPHVTLFIYIARLYHHADPRNRQGLRDLISSGVTIQIMTEQESG YCWRNFVNYSPSNEAHWPRYPHLWVRLYVLELYCIILGLPPCLNILRRKQ PQLTFFTIALQSCHYQRLPPHILWATGLKSGSETPGTSESATPESKRNYI LGLDIGITSVGYGIIDYETRDVIDAGVRLFKEANVENNEGRRSKRGARRL KRRRRHRIQRVKKLLFDYNLLTDHSELSGINPYEARVKGLSQKLSEEEFS AALLHLAKRRGVHNVNEVEEDTGNELSTKEQISRNSKALEEKYVAELQLE RLKKDGEVRGSINRFKTSDYVKEAKQLLKVQKAYHQLDQSFIDTYIDLLE TRRTYYEGPGEGSPFGWKDIKEWYEMLMGHCTYFPEELRSVKYAYNADLY NALNDLNNLVITRDENEKLEYYEKFQIIENVFKQKKKPTLKQIAKEILVN EEDIKGYRVTSTGKPEFTNLKVYHDIKDITARKEIIENAELLDQIAKILT IYQSSEDIQEELTNLNSELTQEEIEQISNLKGYTGTHNLSLKAINLILDE LWHTNDNQIAIFNRLKLVPKKVDLSQQKEIPTTLVDDFILSPVVKRSFIQ SIKVINAIIKKYGLPNDIIIELAREKNSKDAQKMINEMQKRNRQTNERIE EIIRTTGKENAKYLIEKIKLHDMQEGKCLYSLEAIPLEDLLNNPFNYEVD HIIPRSVSFDNSFNNKVLVKQEEASKKGNRTPFQYLSSSDSKISYETFKK HILNLAKGKGRISKTKKEYLLEERDINRFSVQKDFINRNLVDTRYATRGL MNLLRSYFRVNNLDVKVKSINGGFTSFLRRKWKFKKERNKGYKHHAEDAL IIANADFIFKEWKKLDKAKKVMENQMFEEKQAESMPEIETEQEYKEIFIT PHQIKHIKDFKDYKYSHRVDKKPNRELINDTLYSTRKDDKGNTLIVNNLN GLYDKDNDKLKKLINKSPEKLLMYHHDPQTYQKLKLIMEQYGDEKNPLYK YYEETGNYLTKYSKKDNGPVIKKIKYYGNKLNAHLDITDDYPNSRNKVVK LSLKPYRFDVYLDNGVYKFVTVKNLDVIKKENYYEVNSKCYEEAKKLKKI SNQAEFIASFYNNDLIKINGELYRVIGVNNDLLNRIEVNMIDITYREYLE NMNDKRPPRIIKTIASKTQSIKKYSTDILGNLYEVKSKKHPQIIKKGSGG STNLSDIIEKETGKQLVIQESILMLPEEVEEVIGNKPESDILVHTAYDES TDENVMLLTSDAPEYKPWALVIQDSNGENKIKMLSGGSPKKKRKV
Exemplary SaKKH-BE3 (rAPOBEC1-XTEN-SaCas9n-UGI-NLS) -
(SEQ ID NO: 43) MSSETGPVAVDPTLRRRIEPHEFEVFFDPRELRKETCLLYEINWGGRHSI WRHTSQNTNKHVEVNFIEKFTTERYFCPNTRCSITWFLSWSPCGECSRAI TEFLSRYPHVTLFIYIARLYHHADPRNRQGLRDLISSGVTIQIMTEQESG YCWRNFVNYSPSNEAHWPRYPHLWVRLYVLELYCIILGLPPCLNILRRKQ PQLTFFTIALQSCHYQRLPPHILWATGLKSGSETPGTSESATPESKRNYI LGLDIGITSVGYGIIDYETRDVIDAGVRLFKEANVENNEGRRSKRGARRL KRRRRHRIQRVKKLLFDYNLLTDHSELSGINPYEARVKGLSQKLSEEEFS AALLHLAKRRGVHNVNEVEEDTGNELSTKEQISRNSKALEEKYVAELQLE RLKKDGEVRGSINRFKTSDYVKEAKQLLKVQKAYHQLDQSFIDTYIDLLE TRRTYYEGPGEGSPFGWKDIKEWYEMLMGHCTYFPEELRSVKYAYNADLY NALNDLNNLVITRDENEKLEYYEKFQIIENVFKQKKKPTLKQIAKEILVN EEDIKGYRVTSTGKPEFTNLKVYHDIKDITARKEIIENAELLDQIAKILT IYQSSEDIQEELTNLNSELTQEEIEQISNLKGYTGTHNLSLKAINLILDE LWHTNDNQIAIFNRLKLVPKKVDLSQQKEIPTTLVDDFILSPVVKRSFIQ SIKVINAIIKKYGLPNDIIIELAREKNSKDAQKMINEMQKRNRQTNERIE EIIRTTGKENAKYLIEKIKLHDMQEGKCLYSLEAIPLEDLLNNPFNYEVD HIIPRSVSFDNSFNNKVLVKQEEASKKGNRTPFQYLSSSDSKISYETFKK HILNLAKGKGRISKTKKEYLLEERDINRFSVQKDFINRNLVDTRYATRGL MNLLRSYFRVNNLDVKVKSINGGFTSFLRRKWKFKKERNKGYKHHAEDAL IIANADFIFKEWKKLDKAKKVMENQMFEEKQAESMPEIETEQEYKEIFIT PHQIKHIKDFKDYKYSHRVDKKPNRKLINDTLYSTRKDDKGNTLIVNNLN GLYDKDNDKLKKLINKSPEKLLMYHHDPQTYQKLKLIMEQYGDEKNPLYK YYEETGNYLTKYSKKDNGPVIKKIKYYGNKLNAHLDITDDYPNSRNKVVK LSLKPYRFDVYLDNGVYKFVTVKNLDVIKKENYYEVNSKCYEEAKKLKKI SNQAEFIASFYKNDLIKINGELYRVIGVNNDLLNRIEVNMIDITYREYLE NMNDKRPPHIIKTIASKTQSIKKYSTDILGNLYEVKSKKHPQIIKKGSGG STNLSDIIEKETGKQLVIQESILMLPEEVEEVIGNKPESDILVHTAYDES TDENVMLLTSDAPEYKPWALVIQDSNGENKIKMLSGGSPKKKRKV
Exemplary EQR-BE3 (rAPOBEC1-XTEN-Cas9n-UGI-NLS) -
(SEQ ID NO: 44) MSSETGPVAVDPTLRRRIEPHEFEVFFDPRELRKETCLLYEINWGGRHSI WRHTSQNTNKHVEVNFIEKFTTERYFCPNTRCSITWFLSWSPCGECSRAI TEFLSRYPHVTLFIYIARLYHHADPRNRQGLRDLISSGVTIQIMTEQESG YCWRNFVNYSPSNEAHWPRYPHLWVRLYVLELYCIILGLPPCLNILRRKQ PQLTFFTIALQSCHYQRLPPHILWATGLKSGSETPGTSESATPESDKKYS IGLAIGTNSVGWAVITDEYKVPSKKFKVLGNTDRHSIKKNLIGALLFDSG ETAEATRLKRTARRRYTRRKNRICYLQEIFSNEMAKVDDSFFHRLEESFL VEEDKKHERHPIFGNIVDEVAYHEKYPTIYHLRKKLVDSTDKADLRLIYL ALAHMIKFRGHFLIEGDLNPDNSDVDKLFIQLVQTYNQLFEENPINASGV DAKAILSARLSKSRRLENLIAQLPGEKKNGLFGNLIALSLGLTPNFKSNF DLAEDAKLQLSKDTYDDDLDNLLAQIGDQYADLFLAAKNLSDAILLSDIL RVNTEITKAPLSASMIKRYDEHHQDLTLLKALVRQQLPEKYKEIFFDQSK NGYAGYIDGGASQEEFYKFIKPILEKMDGTEELLVKLNREDLLRKQRTFD NGSIPHQIHLGELHAILRRQEDFYPFLKDNREKIEKILTFRIPYYVGPLA RGNSRFAWMTRKSEETITPWNFEEVVDKGASAQSFIERMTNFDKNLPNEK VLPKHSLLYEYFTVYNELTKVKYVTEGMRKPAFLSGEQKKAIVDLLFKTN RKVTVKQLKEDYFKKIECFDSVEISGVEDRFNASLGTYHDLLKIIKDKDF LDNEENEDILEDIVLTLTLFEDREMIEERLKTYAHLFDDKVMKQLKRRRY TGWGRLSRKLINGIRDKQSGKTILDFLKSDGFANRNFMQLIHDDSLTFKE DIQKAQVSGQGDSLHEHIANLAGSPAIKKGILQTVKVVDELVKVMGRHKP ENIVIEMARENQTTQKGQKNSRERMKRIEEGIKELGSQILKEHPVENTQL QNEKLYLYYLQNGRDMYVDQELDINRLSDYDVDHIVPQSFLKDDSIDNKV LTRSDKNRGKSDNVPSEEVVKKMKNYWRQLLNAKLITQRKFDNLTKAERG GLSELDKAGFIKRQLVETRQITKHVAQILDSRMNTKYDENDKLIREVKVI TLKSKLVSDFRKDFQFYKVREINNYHHAHDAYLNAVVGTALIKKYPKLES EFVYGDYKVYDVRKMIAKSEQEIGKATAKYFFYSNIMNFFKTEITLANGE IRKRPLIETNGETGEIVWDKGRDFATVRKVLSMPQVNIVKKTEVQTGGFS KESILPKRNSDKLIARKKDWDPKKYGGFESPTVAYSVLVVAKVEKGKSKK LKSVKELLGITIMERSSFEKNPIDFLEAKGYKEVKKDLIIKLPKYSLFEL ENGRKRMLASAGELQKGNELALPSKYVNFLYLASHYEKLKGSPEDNEQKQ LFVEQHKHYLDEIIEQISEFSKRVILADANLDKVLSAYNKHRDKPIREQA ENIIHLFTLTNLGAPAAFKYFDTTIDRKQYRSTKEVLDATLIHQSITGLY ETRIDLSQLGGDSGGSTNLSDIIEKETGKQLVIQESILMLPEEVEEVIGN KPESDILVHTAYDESTDENVMLLTSDAPEYKPWALVIQDSNGENKIKMLS GGSPKKKRKV
VQR-BE3 (rAPOBEC1-XTEN-Cas9n-UGI-NLS) -
(SEQ ID NO: 45) MSSETGPVAVDPTLRRRIEPHEFEVFFDPRELRKETCLLYEINWGGRHSI WRHTSQNTNKHVEVNFIEKFTTERYFCPNTRCSITWFLSWSPCGECSRAI TEFLSRYPHVTLFIYIARLYHHADPRNRQGLRDLISSGVTIQIMTEQESG YCWRNFVNYSPSNEAHWPRYPHLWVRLYVLELYCIILGLPPCLNILRRKQ PQLTFFTIALQSCHYQRLPPHILWATGLKSGSETPGTSESATPESDKKYS IGLAIGTNSVGWAVITDEYKVPSKKFKVLGNTDRHSIKKNLIGALLFDSG ETAEATRLKRTARRRYTRRKNRICYLQEIFSNEMAKVDDSFFHRLEESFL VEEDKKHERHPIFGNIVDEVAYHEKYPTIYHLRKKLVDSTDKADLRLIYL ALAHMIKFRGHFLIEGDLNPDNSDVDKLFIQLVQTYNQLFEENPINASGV DAKAILSARLSKSRRLENLIAQLPGEKKNGLFGNLIALSLGLTPNFKSNF DLAEDAKLQLSKDTYDDDLDNLLAQIGDQYADLFLAAKNLSDAILLSDIL RVNTEITKAPLSASMIKRYDEHHQDLTLLKALVRQQLPEKYKEIFFDQSK NGYAGYIDGGASQEEFYKFIKPILEKMDGTEELLVKLNREDLLRKQRTFD NGSIPHQIHLGELHAILRRQEDFYPFLKDNREKIEKILTFRIPYYVGPLA RGNSRFAWMTRKSEETITPWNFEEVVDKGASAQSFIERMTNFDKNLPNEK VLPKHSLLYEYFTVYNELTKVKYVTEGMRKPAFLSGEQKKAIVDLLFKTN RKVTVKQLKEDYFKKIECFDSVEISGVEDRFNASLGTYHDLLKIIKDKDF LDNEENEDILEDIVLTLTLFEDREMIEERLKTYAHLFDDKVMKQLKRRRY TGWGRLSRKLINGIRDKQSGKTILDFLKSDGFANRNFMQLIHDDSLTFKE DIQKAQVSGQGDSLHEHIANLAGSPAIKKGILQTVKVVDELVKVMGRHKP ENIVIEMARENQTTQKGQKNSRERMKRIEEGIKELGSQILKEHPVENTQL QNEKLYLYYLQNGRDMYVDQELDINRLSDYDVDHIVPQSFLKDDSIDNKV LTRSDKNRGKSDNVPSEEVVKKMKNYWRQLLNAKLITQRKFDNLTKAERG GLSELDKAGFIKRQLVETRQITKHVAQILDSRMNTKYDENDKLIREVKVI TLKSKLVSDFRKDFQFYKVREINNYHHAHDAYLNAVVGTALIKKYPKLES EFVYGDYKVYDVRKMIAKSEQEIGKATAKYFFYSNIMNFFKTEITLANGE IRKRPLIETNGETGEIVWDKGRDFATVRKVLSMPQVNIVKKTEVQTGGFS KESILPKRNSDKLIARKKDWDPKKYGGFVSPTVAYSVLVVAKVEKGKSKK LKSVKELLGITIMERSSFEKNPIDFLEAKGYKEVKKDLIIKLPKYSLFEL ENGRKRMLASAGELQKGNELALPSKYVNFLYLASHYEKLKGSPEDNEQKQ LFVEQHKHYLDEIIEQISEFSKRVILADANLDKVLSAYNKHRDKPIREQA ENIIHLFTLTNLGAPAAFKYFDTTIDRKQYRSTKEVLDATLIHQSITGLY ETRIDLSQLGGDSGGSTNLSDIIEKETGKQLVIQESILMLPEEVEEVIGN KPESDILVHTAYDESTDENVMLLTSDAPEYKPWALVIQDSNGENKIKMLS GGSPKKKRKV
VRER-BE3 (rAPOBEC1-XTEN-Cas9n-UGI-NLS) -
(SEQ ID NO: 46) MSSETGPVAVDPTLRRRIEPHEFEVFFDPRELRKETCLLYEINWGGRHSI WRHTSQNTNKHVEVNFIEKFTTERYFCPNTRCSITWFLSWSPCGECSRAI TEFLSRYPHVTLFIYIARLYHHADPRNRQGLRDLISSGVTIQIMTEQESG YCWRNFVNYSPSNEAHWPRYPHLWVRLYVLELYCIILGLPPCLNILRRKQ PQLTFFTIALQSCHYQRLPPHILWATGLKSGSETPGTSESATPESDKKYS IGLAIGTNSVGWAVITDEYKVPSKKFKVLGNTDRHSIKKNLIGALLFDSG ETAEATRLKRTARRRYTRRKNRICYLQEIFSNEMAKVDDSFFHRLEESFL VEEDKKHERHPIFGNIVDEVAYHEKYPTIYHLRKKLVDSTDKADLRLIYL ALAHMIKFRGHFLIEGDLNPDNSDVDKLFIQLVQTYNQLFEENPINASGV DAKAILSARLSKSRRLENLIAQLPGEKKNGLFGNLIALSLGLTPNFKSNF DLAEDAKLQLSKDTYDDDLDNLLAQIGDQYADLFLAAKNLSDAILLSDIL RVNTEITKAPLSASMIKRYDEHHQDLTLLKALVRQQLPEKYKEIFFDQSK NGYAGYIDGGASQEEFYKFIKPILEKMDGTEELLVKLNREDLLRKQRTFD NGSIPHQIHLGELHAILRRQEDFYPFLKDNREKIEKILTFRIPYYVGPLA RGNSRFAWMTRKSEETITPWNFEEVVDKGASAQSFIERMTNFDKNLPNEK VLPKHSLLYEYFTVYNELTKVKYVTEGMRKPAFLSGEQKKAIVDLLFKTN RKVTVKQLKEDYFKKIECFDSVEISGVEDRFNASLGTYHDLLKIIKDKDF LDNEENEDILEDIVLTLTLFEDREMIEERLKTYAHLFDDKVMKQLKRRRY TGWGRLSRKLINGIRDKQSGKTILDFLKSDGFANRNFMQLIHDDSLTFKE DIQKAQVSGQGDSLHEHIANLAGSPAIKKGILQTVKVVDELVKVMGRHKP ENIVIEMARENQTTQKGQKNSRERMKRIEEGIKELGSQILKEHPVENTQL QNEKLYLYYLQNGRDMYVDQELDINRLSDYDVDHIVPQSFLKDDSIDNKV LTRSDKNRGKSDNVPSEEVVKKMKNYWRQLLNAKLITQRKFDNLTKAERG GLSELDKAGFIKRQLVETRQITKHVAQILDSRMNTKYDENDKLIREVKVI TLKSKLVSDFRKDFQFYKVREINNYHHAHDAYLNAVVGTALIKKYPKLES EFVYGDYKVYDVRKMIAKSEQEIGKATAKYFFYSNIMNFFKTEITLANGE IRKRPLIETNGETGEIVWDKGRDFATVRKVLSMPQVNIVKKTEVQTGGFS KESILPKRNSDKLIARKKDWDPKKYGGFVSPTVAYSVLVVAKVEKGKSKK LKSVKELLGITIMERSSFEKNPIDFLEAKGYKEVKKDLIIKLPKYSLFEL ENGRKRMLASARELQKGNELALPSKYVNFLYLASHYEKLKGSPEDNEQKQ LFVEQHKHYLDEIIEQISEFSKRVILADANLDKVLSAYNKHRDKPIREQA ENIIHLFTLTNLGAPAAFKYFDTTIDRKEYRSTKEVLDATLIHQSITGLY ETRIDLSQLGGDSGGSTNLSDIIEKETGKQLVIQESILMLPEEVEEVIGN KPESDILVHTAYDESTDENVMLLTSDAPEYKPWALVIQDSNGENKIKMLS GGSPKKKRKV - Some aspects of the disclosure provide Cas9 fusion proteins (e.g., any of the fusion proteins provided herein) comprising a Cas9 domain that has high fidelity. Additional aspects of the disclosure provide Cas9 fusion proteins (e.g., any of the fusion proteins provided herein) comprising a Cas9 domain with decreased electrostatic interactions between the Cas9 domain and a sugar-phosphate backbone of a DNA, as compared to a wild-type Cas9 domain. In some embodiments, a Cas9 domain (e.g., a wild type Cas9 domain) comprises one or more mutations that decreases the association between the Cas9 domain and a sugar-phosphate backbone of a DNA. In some embodiments, any of the Cas9 fusion proteins provided herein comprise one or more of a N497X, a R661X, a Q695X, and/or a Q926X mutation of the amino acid sequence provided in SEQ ID NO: 6, or a corresponding mutation in any Cas9 protein, such as any one of the Cas9 amino acid sequences as provided herein, wherein X is any amino acid. In some embodiments, any of the Cas9 fusion proteins provided herein comprise one or more of a N497A, a R661A, a Q695A, and/or a Q926A mutation of the amino acid sequence provided in SEQ ID NO: 6, or a corresponding mutation in any Cas9 protein, such as any one of the Cas9 amino acid sequences as provided herein. In some embodiments, the Cas9 domain comprises a D10A mutation of the amino acid sequence provided in SEQ ID NO: 6, or a corresponding mutation in any Cas9 protein, such as any one of the Cas9 amino acid sequences as provided herein. In some embodiments, the Cas9 domain (e.g., of any of the fusion proteins provided herein) comprises the amino acid sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 47. In some embodiments, the fusion protein comprises the amino acid sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 48. Cas9 domains with high fidelity are known in the art and would be apparent to the skilled artisan. For example, Cas9 domains with high fidelity have been described in Kleinstiver, B. P., et al. “High-fidelity CRISPR-Cas9 nucleases with no detectable genome-wide off-target effects.” Nature 529, 490-495 (2016); and Slaymaker, I. M., et al. “Rationally engineered Cas9 nucleases with improved specificity.” Science 351, 84-88 (2015); the entire contents of each are incorporated herein by reference.
- It should be appreciated that the base editors provided herein, for example, base editor 2 (BE2) or base editor 3 (BE3), may be converted into high fidelity base editors by modifying the Cas9 domain as described herein to generate high fidelity base editors, for example, high fidelity base editor 2 (HF-BE2) or high fidelity base editor 3 (HF-BE3). In some embodiments, base editor 2 (BE2) comprises a deaminase domain, a dCas9, and a UGI domain. In some embodiments, base editor 3 (BE3) comprises a deaminase domain, anCas9 domain and a UGI domain.
- Cas9 Domain where Mutations Relative to Cas9 of SEQ ID NO: 6 are Shown in Bold and Underlines
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(SEQ ID NO: 47) DKKYSIGL A IGTNSVGWAVITDEYKVPSKKFKVLGNTDRHSIKKNLIGAL LFDSGETAEATRLKRTARRRYTRRKNRICYLQEIFSNEMAKVDDSFFHRL EESFLVEEDKKHERHPIFGNIVDEVAYHEKYPTIYHLRKKLVDSTDKADL RLIYLALAHMIKFRGHFLIEGDLNPDNSDVDKLFIQLVQTYNQLFEENPI NASGVDAKAILSARLSKSRRLENLIAQLPGEKKNGLFGNLIALSLGLTPN FKSNFDLAEDAKLQLSKDTYDDDLDNLLAQIGDQYADLFLAAKNLSDAIL LSDILRVNTEITKAPLSASMIKRYDEHHQDLTLLKALVRQQLPEKYKEIF FDQSKNGYAGYIDGGASQEEFYKFIKPILEKMDGTEELLVKLNREDLLRK QRTFDNGSIPHQIHLGELHAILRRQEDFYPFLKDNREKIEKILTFRIPYY VGPLARGNSRFAWMTRKSEETITPWNFEEVVDKGASAQSFIERMT A FDKN LPNEKVLPKHSLLYEYFTVYNELTKVKYVTEGMRKPAFLSGEQKKAIVDL LFKTNRKVTVKQLKEDYFKKIECFDSVEISGVEDRFNASLGTYHDLLKII KDKDFLDNEENEDILEDIVLTLTLFEDREMIEERLKTYAHLFDDKVMKQL KRRRYTGWG A LSRKLINGIRDKQSGKTILDFLKSDGFANRNFM A LIHDDS LTFKEDIQKAQVSGQGDSLHEHIANLAGSPAIKKGILQTVKVVDELVKVM GRHKPENIVIEMARENQTTQKGQKNSRERMKRIEEGIKELGSQILKEHPV ENTQLQNEKLYLYYLQNGRDMYVDQELDINRLSDYDVDHIVPQSFLKDDS IDNKVLTRSDKNRGKSDNVPSEEVVKKMKNYWRQLLNAKLITQRKFDNLT KAERGGLSELDKAGFIKRQLVETR A ITKHVAQILDSRMNTKYDENDKLIR EVKVITLKSKLVSDFRKDFQFYKVREINNYHHAHDAYLNAVVGTALIKKY PKLESEFVYGDYKVYDVRKMIAKSEQEIGKATAKYFFYSNIMNFFKTEIT LANGEIRKRPLIETNGETGEIVWDKGRDFATVRKVLSMPQVNIVKKTEVQ TGGFSKESILPKRNSDKLIARKKDWDPKKYGGFDSPTVAYSVLVVAKVEK GKSKKLKSVKELLGITIMERSSFEKNPIDFLEAKGYKEVKKDLIIKLPKY SLFELENGRKRMLASAGELQKGNELALPSKYVNFLYLASHYEKLKGSPED NEQKQLFVEQHKHYLDEIIEQISEFSKRVILADANLDKVLSAYNKHRDKP IREQAENIIHLFTLTNLGAPAAFKYFDTTIDRKRYTSTKEVLDATLIHQS ITGLYETRIDLSQLGGD -
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(SEQ ID NO: 48) MSSETGPVAVDPTLRRRIEPHEFEVFFDPRELRKETCLLYEINWGGRHSI WRHTSQNTNKHVEVNFIEKFTTERYFCPNTRCSITWFLSWSPCGECSRAI TEFLSRYPHVTLFIYIARLYHHADPRNRQGLRDLISSGVTIQIMTEQESG YCWRNFVNYSPSNEAHWPRYPHLWVRLYVLELYCIILGLPPCLNILRRKQ PQLTFFTIALQSCHYQRLPPHILWATGLKSGSETPGTSESATPESDKKYS IGLAIGTNSVGWAVITDEYKVPSKKFKVLGNTDRHSIKKNLIGALLFDSG ETAEATRLKRTARRRYTRRKNRICYLQEIFSNEMAKVDDSFFHRLEESFL VEEDKKHERHPIFGNIVDEVAYHEKYPTIYHLRKKLVDSTDKADLRLIYL ALAHMIKFRGHFLIEGDLNPDNSDVDKLFIQLVQTYNQLFEENPINASGV DAKAILSARLSKSRRLENLIAQLPGEKKNGLFGNLIALSLGLTPNFKSNF DLAEDAKLQLSKDTYDDDLDNLLAQIGDQYADLFLAAKNLSDAILLSDIL RVNTEITKAPLSASMIKRYDEHHQDLTLLKALVRQQLPEKYKEIFFDQSK NGYAGYIDGGASQEEFYKFIKPILEKMDGTEELLVKLNREDLLRKQRTFD NGSIPHQIHLGELHAILRRQEDFYPFLKDNREKIEKILTFRIPYYVGPLA RGNSRFAWMTRKSEETITPWNFEEVVDKGASAQSFIERMTAFDKNLPNEK VLPKHSLLYEYFTVYNELTKVKYVTEGMRKPAFLSGEQKKAIVDLLFKTN RKVTVKQLKEDYFKKIECFDSVEISGVEDRFNASLGTYHDLLKIIKDKDF LDNEENEDILEDIVLTLTLFEDREMIEERLKTYAHLFDDKVMKQLKRRRY TGWGALSRKLINGIRDKQSGKTILDFLKSDGFANRNFMALIHDDSLTFKE DIQKAQVSGQGDSLHEHIANLAGSPAIKKGILQTVKVVDELVKVMGRHKP ENIVIEMARENQTTQKGQKNSRERMKRIEEGIKELGSQILKEHPVENTQL QNEKLYLYYLQNGRDMYVDQELDINRLSDYDVDHIVPQSFLKDDSIDNKV LTRSDKNRGKSDNVPSEEVVKKMKNYWRQLLNAKLITQRKFDNLTKAERG GLSELDKAGFIKRQLVETRAITKHVAQILDSRMNTKYDENDKLIREVKVI TLKSKLVSDFRKDFQFYKVREINNYHHAHDAYLNAVVGTALIKKYPKLES EFVYGDYKVYDVRKMIAKSEQEIGKATAKYFFYSNIMNFFKTEITLANGE IRKRPLIETNGETGEIVWDKGRDFATVRKVLSMPQVNIVKKTEVQTGGFS KESILPKRNSDKLIARKKDWDPKKYGGFDSPTVAYSVLVVAKVEKGKSKK LKSVKELLGITIMERSSFEKNPIDFLEAKGYKEVKKDLIIKLPKYSLFEL ENGRKRMLASAGELQKGNELALPSKYVNFLYLASHYEKLKGSPEDNEQKQ LFVEQHKHYLDEIIEQISEFSKRVILADANLDKVLSAYNKHRDKPIREQA ENIIHLFTLTNLGAPAAFKYFDTTIDRKRYTSTKEVLDATLIHQSITGLY ETRIDLSQLGGD - Any of the Cas9 domains (e.g., a nuclease active Cas9 protein, a nuclease-inactive dCas9 protein, or a Cas9 nickase protein) disclosed herein may be fused to a second protein, thus fusion proteins provided herein comprise a Cas9 domain as provided herein and a second protein, or a “fusion partner”. In some embodiments, the second protein is fused to the N-terminus of the Cas9 domain. However, in other embodiments, the second protein is fused to the C-terminus of the Cas9 domain. In some embodiments, the second protein that is fused to the Cas9 domain is a nucleic acid editing domain. In some embodiments, the Cas9 domain and the nucleic acid editing domain are fused via a linker, while in other embodiments the Cas9 domain and the nucleic acid editing domain are fused directly to one another. In some embodiments, the Cas9 domain and the nucleic acid editing domain are fused via a linker of any length or composition. For example, the linker may be a bond, one or more amino acids, a peptide, or a polymer, of any length and composition. In some embodiments, the linker comprises (GGGS)n (SEQ ID NO: 613), (GGGGS)n (SEQ ID NO: 607), (G)n (SEQ ID NO: 608), (EAAAK)n (SEQ ID NO: 609), (GGS)n (SEQ ID NO: 610), (SGGS)n (SEQ ID NO: 606), SGSETPGTSESATPES (SEQ ID NO: 604), SGGS(GGS)n (SEQ ID NO: 612), SGGSSGGSSGSETPGTSESATPESSGGSSGGS (SEQ ID NO: 605), or (XP)n (SEQ ID NO: 611) motif, or a combination of any of these, wherein n is independently an integer between 1 and 30, and wherein X is any amino acid. In some embodiments, the linker comprises a (GGS)n motif, wherein n is 1, 3, or 7. In some embodiments, the linker comprises a (GGS)n (SEQ ID NO: 610) motif, wherein n is 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, or 15. In some embodiments, the linker comprises the amino acid sequence SGGS(GGS)n (SEQ ID NO: 612), wherein n is 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, or 10. In some embodiments, the linker comprises the amino acid sequence SGGS(GGS)n (SEQ ID NO: 612), wherein n is 2. In some embodiments, the linker comprises an amino acid sequence of SGSETPGTSESATPES (SEQ ID NO: 604), also referred to as the XTEN linker in the Examples). In some embodiments, the linker comprises the amino acid sequence SGGSSGGSSGSETPGTSESATPESSGGSSGGS (SEQ ID NO: 605), also referred to as the 32 amino acid linker in the Examples. The length of the linker can influence the base to be edited, as illustrated in the Examples. For example, a linker of 3-amino-acid long (e.g., (GGS)1) may give a 2-5, 2-4, 2-3, 3-4 base editing window relative to the PAM sequence, while a 9-amino-acid linker (e.g., (GGS)3 (SEQ ID NO: 610)) may give a 2-6, 2-5, 2-4, 2-3, 3-6, 3-5, 3-4, 4-6, 4-5, 5-6 base editing window relative to the PAM sequence. A 16-amino-acid linker (e.g., the XTEN linker) may give a 2-7, 2-6, 2-5, 2-4, 2-3, 3-7, 3-6, 3-5, 3-4, 4-7, 4-6, 4-5, 5-7, 5-6, 6-7 base window relative to the PAM sequence with exceptionally strong activity, and a 21-amino-acid linker (e.g., (GGS)7 (SEQ ID NO: 610)) may give a 3-8, 3-7, 3-6, 3-5, 3-4, 4-8, 4-7, 4-6, 4-5, 5-8, 5-7, 5-6, 6-8, 6-7, 7-8 base editing window relative to the PAM sequence. The novel finding that varying linker length may allow the dCas9 fusion proteins of the disclosure to edit nucleobases different distances from the PAM sequence affords siginicant clinical importance, since a PAM sequence may be of varying distance to the disease-causing mutation to be corrected in a gene. It is to be understood that the linker lengths described as examples here are not meant to be limiting.
- In some embodiments, the second protein comprises an enzymatic domain. In some embodiments, the enzymatic domain is a nucleic acid editing domain. Such a nucleic acid editing domain may be, without limitation, a nuclease, a nickase, a recombinase, a deaminase, a methyltransferase, a methylase, an acetylase, or an acetyltransferase. Non-limiting exemplary binding domains that may be used in accordance with this disclosure include transcriptional activator domains and transcriptional repressor domains.
- In some embodiments, second protein comprises a nucleic acid editing domain. In some embodiments, the nucleic acid editing domain can catalyze a C to U base change. In some embodiments, the nucleic acid editing domain is a deaminase domain. In some embodiments, the deaminase is a cytidine deaminase or a cytidine deaminase. In some embodiments, the deaminase is an apolipoprotein B mRNA-editing complex (APOBEC) family deaminase. In some embodiments, the deaminase is an APOBEC1 deaminase. In some embodiments, the deaminase is an APOBEC2 deaminase. In some embodiments, the deaminase is an APOBEC3 deaminase. In some embodiments, the deaminase is an APOBEC3A deaminase. In some embodiments, the deaminase is an APOBEC3B deaminase. In some embodiments, the deaminase is an APOBEC3C deaminase. In some embodiments, the deaminase is an APOBEC3D deaminase. In some embodiments, the deaminase is an APOBEC3E deaminase. In some embodiments, the deaminase is an APOBEC3F deaminase. In some embodiments, the deaminase is an APOBEC3G deaminase. In some embodiments, the deaminase is an APOBEC3H deaminase. In some embodiments, the deaminase is an APOBEC4 deaminase. In some embodiments, the deaminase is an activation-induced deaminase (AID). In some embodiments, the deaminase is a vertebrate deaminase. In some embodiments, the deaminase is an invertebrate deaminase. In some embodiments, the deaminase is a human, chimpanzee, gorilla, monkey, cow, dog, rat, or mouse deaminase. In some embodiments, the deaminase is a human deaminase. In some embodiments, the deaminase is a rat deaminase, e.g., rAPOBEC1. In some embodiments, the deaminase is an activation-induced cytidine deaminase (AID). In some embodiments, the deaminase is a cytidine deaminase 1 (CDA1). In some embodiments, the deaminase is a Petromyzon marinus cytidine deaminase 1 (pmCDA1). In some embodiments, the deminase is a human APOBEC3G (SEQ ID NO: 60). In some embodiments, the deaminase is a fragment of the human APOBEC3G (SEQ ID NO: 83). In some embodiments, the deaminase is a human APOBEC3G variant comprising a D316R_D317R mutation (SEQ ID NO: 82). In some embodiments, the deaminase is a frantment of the human APOBEC3G and comprising mutations corresponding to the D316R_D317R mutations in SEQ ID NO: 60 (SEQ ID NO: 84).
- In some embodiments, the nucleic acid editing domain is at least 80%, at least 85%, at least 90%, at least 92%, at least 95%, at least 96%, at least 97%, at least 98%, at least 99%, or at least 99.5% identical to the deaminase domain of any one of SEQ ID NOs: 49-84. In some embodiments, the nucleic acid editing domain comprises the amino acid sequence of any one of SEQ ID NOs: 49-84.
- Deaminase Domains that Modulate the Editing Window of Base Editors
- Some aspects of the disclosure are based on the recognition that modulating the deaminase domain catalytic activity of any of the fusion proteins provided herein, for example by making point mutations in the deaminase domain, affect the processivity of the fusion proteins (e.g., base editors). For example, mutations that reduce, but do not eliminate, the catalytic activity of a deaminase domain within a base editing fusion protein can make it less likely that the deaminase domain will catalyze the deamination of a residue adjacent to a target residue, thereby narrowing the deamination window. The ability to narrow the deaminataion window may prevent unwanted deamination of residues adjacent of specific target residues, which may decrease or prevent off-target effects.
- In some embodiments, any of the fusion proteins provided herein comprise a deaminase domain (e.g., a cytidine deaminase domain) that has reduced catalytic deaminase activity. In some embodiments, any of the fusion proteins provided herein comprise a deaminase domain (e.g., a cytidine deaminase domain) that has a reduced catalytic deaminase activity as compared to an appropriate control. For example, the appropriate control may be the deaminase activity of the deaminase prior to introducing one or more mutations into the deaminase. In other embodiments, the appropriate control may be a wild-type deaminase. In some embodiments, the appropriate control is a wild-type apolipoprotein B mRNA-editing complex (APOBEC) family deaminase. In some embodiments, the appropriate control is an APOBEC1 deaminase, an APOBEC2 deaminase, an APOBEC3A deaminase, an APOBEC3B deaminase, an APOBEC3C deaminase, an APOBEC3D deaminase, an APOBEC3F deaminase, an APOBEC3G deaminase, or an APOBEC3H deaminase. In some embodiments, the appropriate control is an activation induced deaminase (AID). In some embodiments, the appropriate control is a
cytidine deaminase 1 from Petromyzon marinus (pmCDA1). In some embodiments, the deaminse domain may be a deaminase domain that has at least 1%, at least 5%, at least 15%, at least 20%, at least 25%, at least 30%, at least 40%, at least 50%, at least 60%, at least 70%, at least 80%, at least 90%, or at least 95% less catalytic deaminase activity as compared to an appropriate control. - In some embodiments, any of the fusion proteins provided herein comprise an APOBEC deaminase comprising one or more mutations selected from the group consisting of H121X, H122X, R126X, R126X, R118X, W90X, W90X, and R132X of rAPOBEC1 (SEQ ID NO: 76), or one or more corresponding mutations in another APOBEC deaminase, wherein X is any amino acid. In some embodiments, any of the fusion proteins provided herein comprise an APOBEC deaminase comprising one or more mutations selected from the group consisting of H121R, H122R, R126A, R126E, R118A, W90A, W90Y, and R132E of rAPOBEC1 (SEQ ID NO: 76), or one or more corresponding mutations in another APOBEC deaminase.
- In some embodiments, any of the fusion proteins provided herein comprise an APOBEC deaminase comprising one or more mutations selected from the group consisting of D316X, D317X, R320X, R320X, R313X, W285X, W285X, R326X of hAPOBEC3G (SEQ ID NO: 60), or one or more corresponding mutations in another APOBEC deaminase, wherein X is any amino acid. In some embodiments, any of the fusion proteins provided herein comprise an APOBEC deaminase comprising one or more mutations selected from the group consisting of D316R, D317R, R320A, R320E, R313A, W285A, W285Y, R326E of hAPOBEC3G (SEQ ID NO: 60), or one or more corresponding mutations in another APOBEC deaminase.
- In some embodiments, any of the fusion proteins provided herein comprise an APOBEC deaminase comprising a H121R and a H122Rmutation of rAPOBEC1 (SEQ ID NO: 76), or one or more corresponding mutations in another APOBEC deaminase. In some embodiments, any of the fusion proteins provided herein comprise an APOBEC deaminase comprising a R126A mutation of rAPOBEC1 (SEQ ID NO: 76), or one or more corresponding mutations in another APOBEC deaminase. In some embodiments, any of the fusion proteins provided herein comprise an APOBEC deaminase comprising a R126E mutation of rAPOBEC1 (SEQ ID NO: 76), or one or more corresponding mutations in another APOBEC deaminase. In some embodiments, any of the fusion proteins provided herein comprise an APOBEC deaminase comprising a R118A mutation of rAPOBEC1 (SEQ ID NO: 76), or one or more corresponding mutations in another APOBEC deaminase. In some embodiments, any of the fusion proteins provided herein comprise an APOBEC deaminase comprising a W90A mutation of rAPOBEC1 (SEQ ID NO: 76), or one or more corresponding mutations in another APOBEC deaminase. In some embodiments, any of the fusion proteins provided herein comprise an APOBEC deaminase comprising a W90Y mutation of rAPOBEC1 (SEQ ID NO: 76), or one or more corresponding mutations in another APOBEC deaminase. In some embodiments, any of the fusion proteins provided herein comprise an APOBEC deaminase comprising a R132E mutation of rAPOBEC1 (SEQ ID NO: 76), or one or more corresponding mutations in another APOBEC deaminase. In some embodiments, any of the fusion proteins provided herein comprise an APOBEC deaminase comprising a W90Y and a R126E mutation of rAPOBEC1 (SEQ ID NO: 76), or one or more corresponding mutations in another APOBEC deaminase. In some embodiments, any of the fusion proteins provided herein comprise an APOBEC deaminase comprising a R126E and a R132E mutation of rAPOBEC1 (SEQ ID NO: 76), or one or more corresponding mutations in another APOBEC deaminase. In some embodiments, any of the fusion proteins provided herein comprise an APOBEC deaminase comprising a W90Y and a R132E mutation of rAPOBEC1 (SEQ ID NO: 76), or one or more corresponding mutations in another APOBEC deaminase. In some embodiments, any of the fusion proteins provided herein comprise an APOBEC deaminase comprising a W90Y, R126E, and R132E mutation of rAPOBEC1 (SEQ ID NO: 76), or one or more corresponding mutations in another APOBEC deaminase.
- In some embodiments, any of the fusion proteins provided herein comprise an APOBEC deaminase comprising a D316R and a D317R mutation of hAPOBEC3G (SEQ ID NO: 60), or one or more corresponding mutations in another APOBEC deaminase. In some embodiments, any of the fusion proteins provided herein comprise an APOBEC deaminase comprising a R320A mutation of hAPOBEC3G (SEQ ID NO: 60), or one or more corresponding mutations in another APOBEC deaminase. In some embodiments, any of the fusion proteins provided herein comprise an APOBEC deaminase comprising a R320E mutation of hAPOBEC3G (SEQ ID NO: 60), or one or more corresponding mutations in another APOBEC deaminase. In some embodiments, any of the fusion proteins provided herein comprise an APOBEC deaminase comprising a R313A mutation of hAPOBEC3G (SEQ ID NO: 60), or one or more corresponding mutations in another APOBEC deaminase. In some embodiments, any of the fusion proteins provided herein comprise an APOBEC deaminase comprising a W285A mutation of hAPOBEC3G (SEQ ID NO: 60), or one or more corresponding mutations in another APOBEC deaminase. In some embodiments, any of the fusion proteins provided herein comprise an APOBEC deaminase comprising a W285Y mutation of hAPOBEC3G (SEQ ID NO: 60), or one or more corresponding mutations in another APOBEC deaminase. In some embodiments, any of the fusion proteins provided herein comprise an APOBEC deaminase comprising a R326E mutation of hAPOBEC3G (SEQ ID NO: 60), or one or more corresponding mutations in another APOBEC deaminase. In some embodiments, any of the fusion proteins provided herein comprise an APOBEC deaminase comprising a W285Y and a R320E mutation of hAPOBEC3G (SEQ ID NO: 60), or one or more corresponding mutations in another APOBEC deaminase. In some embodiments, any of the fusion proteins provided herein comprise an APOBEC deaminase comprising a R320E and a R326E mutation of hAPOBEC3G (SEQ ID NO: 60), or one or more corresponding mutations in another APOBEC deaminase. In some embodiments, any of the fusion proteins provided herein comprise an APOBEC deaminase comprising a W285Y and a R326E mutation of hAPOBEC3G (SEQ ID NO: 60), or one or more corresponding mutations in another APOBEC deaminase. In some embodiments, any of the fusion proteins provided herein comprise an APOBEC deaminase comprising a W285Y, R320E, and R326E mutation of hAPOBEC3G (SEQ ID NO: 60), or one or more corresponding mutations in another APOBEC deaminase.
- Some aspects of this disclosure provide fusion proteins comprising (i) a nuclease-inactive Cas9 domain; and (ii) a nucleic acid editing domain. In some embodiments, a nuclease-inactive Cas9 domain (dCas9), comprises an amino acid sequence that is at least 80%, at least 85%, at least 90%, at least 92%, at least 95%, at least 96%, at least 97%, at least 98%, at least 99%, or at least 99.5% identical to the amino acid sequence of a Cas9 as provided by any Cas9 protein, such as any one of the Cas9 amino acid sequences as provided herein, and comprises mutations that inactivate the nuclease activity of Cas9. Mutations that render the nuclease domains of Cas9 inactive are well-known in the art. For example, the DNA cleavage domain of Cas9 is known to include two subdomains, the HNH nuclease subdomain and the RuvC1 subdomain. The HNH subdomain cleaves the strand complementary to the gRNA, whereas the RuvC1 subdomain cleaves the non-complementary strand. Mutations within these subdomains can silence the nuclease activity of Cas9. For example, the mutations D10A and H840A completely inactivate the nuclease activity of S. pyogenes Cas9 (Jinek et al., Science. 337:816-821(2012); Qi et al., Cell. 28; 152(5):1173-83 (2013)). In some embodiments, the dCas9 of this disclosure comprises a D10A mutation of the amino acid sequence provided in SEQ ID NO: 6, or a corresponding mutation in any Cas9 protein, such as any one of the Cas9 amino acid sequences as provided herein. In some embodiments, the dCas9 of this disclosure comprises a H840A mutation of the amino acid sequence provided in SEQ ID NO: 6, or a corresponding mutation in any Cas9 protein, such as any one of the Cas9 amino acid sequences as provided herein. In some embodiments, the dCas9 of this disclosure comprises both D10A and H840A mutations of the amino acid sequence provided in SEQ ID NO: 6, or a corresponding mutation in any Cas9 protein, such as any one of the Cas9 amino acid sequences as provided herein. In some embodiments, the Cas9 further comprises a histidine residue at position 840 of the amino acid sequence provided in SEQ ID NO: 6, or a corresponding mutation in any Cas9 protein, such as any one of the Cas9 amino acid sequences as provided herein. The presence of the catalytic residue H840 restores the acvitity of the Cas9 to cleave the non-edited strand containing a G opposite the targeted C. Restoration of H840 does not result in the cleavage of the target strand containing the C. In some embodiments, the dCas9 comprises an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 32. It is to be understood that other mutations that inactivate the nuclease domains of Cas9 may also be included in the dCas9 of this disclosure.
- The Cas9 or dCas9 domains comprising the mutations disclosed herein, may be a full-length Cas9, or a fragment thereof. In some embodiments, proteins comprising Cas9, or fragments thereof, are referred to as “Cas9 variants.” A Cas9 variant shares homology to Cas9, or a fragment thereof. For example a Cas9 variant is at least about 70% identical, at least about 80% identical, at least about 90% identical, at least about 95% identical, at least about 96% identical, at least about 97% identical, at least about 98% identical, at least about 99% identical, at least about 99.5% identical, or at least about 99.9% to wild type Cas9. In some embodiments, the Cas9 variant comprises a fragment of Cas9 (e.g., a gRNA binding domain or a DNA-cleavage domain), such that the fragment is at least about 70% identical, at least about 80% identical, at least about 90% identical, at least about 95% identical, at least about 96% identical, at least about 97% identical, at least about 98% identical, at least about 99% identical, at least about 99.5% identical, or at least about 99.9% identical to the corresponding fragment of wild type Cas9, e.g., a Cas9 comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 6.
- Any of the Cas9 fusion proteins of this disclosure may further comprise a nucleic acid editing domain (e.g., an enzyme that is capable of modifying nucleic acid, such as a deaminase). In some embodiments, the nucleic acid editing domain is a DNA-editing domain. In some embodiments, the nucleic acid editing domain has deaminase activity. In some embodiments, the nucleic acid editing domain comprises or consists of a deaminase or deaminase domain. In some embodiments, the deaminase is a cytidine deaminase. In some embodiments, the deaminase is an apolipoprotein B mRNA-editing complex (APOBEC) family deaminase. In some embodiments, the deaminase is an APOBEC1 family deaminase. In some embodiments, the deaminase is an activation-induced cytidine deaminase (AID). Some nucleic-acid editing domains as well as Cas9 fusion proteins including such domains are described in detail herein. Additional suitable nucleic acid editing domains will be apparent to the skilled artisan based on this disclosure and knowledge in the field.
- Some aspects of the disclosure provide a fusion protein comprising a Cas9 domain fused to a nucleic acid editing domain, wherein the nucleic acid editing domain is fused to the N-terminus of the Cas9 domain. In some embodiments, the Cas9 domain and the nucleic acid editing-editing domain are fused via a linker. In some embodiments, the linker comprises a (GGGS)n (SEQ ID NO: 613), a (GGGGS)n (SEQ ID NO: 607), a (G)n (SEQ ID NO: 608), an (EAAAK)n (SEQ ID NO: 609), a (GGS)n (SEQ ID NO: 610), (SGGS)n (SEQ ID NO: 606), an SGSETPGTSESATPES (SEQ ID NO: 604) motif (see, e.g., Guilinger J P, Thompson D B, Liu D R. Fusion of catalytically inactive Cas9 to FokI nuclease improves the specificity of genome modification. Nat. Biotechnol. 2014; 32(6): 577-82; the entire contents are incorporated herein by reference), or an (XP)n (SEQ ID NO: 611) motif, or a combination of any of these, wherein n is independently an integer between 1 and 30. In some embodiments, n is independently 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, or 30, or, if more than one linker or more than one linker motif is present, any combination thereof. In some embodiments, the linker comprises a (GGS)n (SEQ ID NO: 610) motif, wherein n is 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 or 15. In some embodiments, the linker comprises a (GGS)n (SEQ ID NO: 610) motif, wherein n is 1, 3, or 7. In some embodiments, the linker comprises the amino acid sequence SGSETPGTSESATPES (SEQ ID NO: 604). Additional suitable linker motifs and linker configurations will be apparent to those of skill in the art. In some embodiments, suitable linker motifs and configurations include those described in Chen et al., Fusion protein linkers: property, design and functionality. Adv Drug Deliv Rev. 2013; 65(10):1357-69, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference. Additional suitable linker sequences will be apparent to those of skill in the art based on the instant disclosure. In some embodiments, the general architecture of exemplary Cas9 fusion proteins provided herein comprises the structure:
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[NH2]-[nucleic acid editing domain]-[Cas9]-[COOH] or -
[NH2]-[nucleic acid editing domain]-[linker]-[Cas9]-[COOH], - wherein NH2 is the N-terminus of the fusion protein, and COOH is the C-terminus of the fusion protein.
- The fusion proteins of the present disclosure may comprise one or more additional features. For example, in some embodiments, the fusion protein comprises a nuclear localization sequence (NLS). In some embodiments, the NLS of the fusion protein is localized between the nucleic acid editing domain and the Cas9 domain. In some embodiments, the NLS of the fusion protein is localized C-terminal to the Cas9 domain.
- Other exemplary features that may be present are localization sequences, such as cytoplasmic localization sequences, export sequences, such as nuclear export sequences, or other localization sequences, as well as sequence tags that are useful for solubilization, purification, or detection of the fusion proteins. Suitable protein tags provided herein include, but are not limited to, biotin carboxylase carrier protein (BCCP) tags, myc-tags, calmodulin-tags, FLAG-tags, hemagglutinin (HA)-tags, polyhistidine tags, also referred to as histidine tags or His-tags, maltose binding protein (MBP)-tags, nus-tags, glutathione-S-transferase (GST)-tags, green fluorescent protein (GFP)-tags, thioredoxin-tags, S-tags, Softags (e.g., Softag 1, Softag 3), strep-tags, biotin ligase tags, FlAsH tags, V5 tags, and SBP-tags. Additional suitable sequences will be apparent to those of skill in the art. In some embodiments, the fusion protein comprises one or more His tags.
- In some embodiments, the nucleic acid editing domain is a deaminase. For example, in some embodiments, the general architecture of exemplary Cas9 fusion proteins with a deaminase domain comprises the structure:
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[NH2]-[NLS]-[deaminase]-[Cas9]-[COOH], -
[NH2]-[Cas9]-[deaminase]-[COOH], -
[NH2]-[deaminase]-[Cas9]-[COOH], or -
[NH2]-[deaminase]-[Cas9]-[NLS]-[COOH]; - wherein NLS is a nuclear localization sequence, NH2 is the N-terminus of the fusion protein, and COOH is the C-terminus of the fusion protein. Nuclear localization sequences are known in the art and would be apparent to the skilled artisan. For example, NLS sequences are described in Plank et al., PCT/EP2000/011690, the contents of which are incorporated herein by reference for their disclosure of exemplary nuclear localization sequences. In some embodiments, a NLS comprises the amino acid sequence PKKKRKV (SEQ ID NO: 614) or MDSLLMNRRKFLYQFKNVRWAKGRRETYLC (SEQ ID NO: 615). In some embodiments, a linker is inserted between the Cas9 and the deaminase. In some embodiments, the NLS is located C-terminal of the Cas9 domain. In some embodiments, the NLS is located N-terminal of the Cas9 domain. In some embodiments, the NLS is located between the deaminase and the Cas9 domain. In some embodiments, the NLS is located N-terminal of the deaminase domain. In some embodiments, the NLS is located C-terminal of the deaminase domain.
- One exemplary suitable type of nucleic acid editing domain is a cytidine deaminase, for example, of the APOBEC family. The apolipoprotein B mRNA-editing complex (APOBEC) family of cytidine deaminase enzymes encompasses eleven proteins that serve to initiate mutagenesis in a controlled and beneficial manner.29 One family member, activation-induced cytidine deaminase (AID), is responsible for the maturation of antibodies by converting cytosines in ssDNA to uracils in a transcription-dependent, strand-biased fashion.30 The apolipoprotein B editing complex 3 (APOBEC3) enzyme provides protection to human cells against a certain HIV-1 strain via the deamination of cytosines in reverse-transcribed viral ssDNA.31 These proteins all require a Zn2+-coordinating motif (His-X-Glu-X23-26-Pro-Cys-X2-4-Cys; SEQ ID NO: 616) and bound water molecule for catalytic activity. The Glu residue acts to activate the water molecule to a zinc hydroxide for nucleophilic attack in the deamination reaction. Each family member preferentially deaminates at its own particular “hotspot”, ranging from WRC (W is A or T, R is A or G) for hAID, to TTC for hAPOBEC3F.32 A recent crystal structure of the catalytic domain of APOBEC3G revealed a secondary structure comprised of a five-stranded β-sheet core flanked by six α-helices, which is believed to be conserved across the entire family.33 The active center loops have been shown to be responsible for both ssDNA binding and in determining “hotspot” identity.34 Overexpression of these enzymes has been linked to genomic instability and cancer, thus highlighting the importance of sequence-specific targeting.35
- Some aspects of this disclosure relate to the recognition that the activity of cytidine deaminase enzymes such as APOBEC enzymes can be directed to a specific site in genomic DNA. Without wishing to be bound by any particular theory, advantages of using Cas9 as a recognition agent include (1) the sequence specificity of Cas9 can be easily altered by simply changing the sgRNA sequence; and (2) Cas9 binds to its target sequence by denaturing the dsDNA, resulting in a stretch of DNA that is single-stranded and therefore a viable substrate for the deaminase. It should be understood that other catalytic domains, or catalytic domains from other deaminases, can also be used to generate fusion proteins with Cas9, and that the disclosure is not limited in this regard.
- Some aspects of this disclosure are based on the recognition that Cas9:deaminase fusion proteins can efficiently deaminate nucleotides at positions 3-11 according to the numbering scheme in
FIG. 3 . In view of the results provided herein regarding the nucleotides that can be targeted by Cas9:deaminase fusion proteins, a person of skill in the art will be able to design suitable guide RNAs to target the fusion proteins to a target sequence that comprises a nucleotide to be deaminated. - In some embodiments, the deaminase domain and the Cas9 domain are fused to each other via a linker. Various linker lengths and flexibilities between the deaminase domain (e.g., AID) and the Cas9 domain can be employed (e.g., ranging from very flexible linkers of the form (GGGGS)n (SEQ ID NO: 607), (GGS)n (SEQ ID NO: 610), and (G)n (SEQ ID NO: 608) to more rigid linkers of the form (EAAAK)n (SEQ ID NO: 609), (SGGS)n (SEQ ID NO: 606), SGSETPGTSESATPES (SEQ ID NO: 604) (see, e.g., Guilinger J P, Thompson D B, Liu D R. Fusion of catalytically inactive Cas9 to FokI nuclease improves the specificity of genome modification. Nat. Biotechnol. 2014; 32(6): 577-82; the entire contents are incorporated herein by reference) and (XP)n (SEQ ID NO: 611))36 in order to achieve the optimal length for deaminase activity for the specific application. In some embodiments, the linker comprises a (GGS)n (SEQ ID NO: 610) motif, wherein n is 1, 3, or 7. In some embodiments, the linker comprises a (an SGSETPGTSESATPES (SEQ ID NO: 604) motif.
- Some exemplary suitable nucleic-acid editing domains, e.g., deaminases and deaminase domains, that can be fused to Cas9 domains according to aspects of this disclosure are provided below. It should be understood that, in some embodiments, the active domain of the respective sequence can be used, e.g., the domain without a localizing signal (nuclear localization sequence, without nuclear export signal, cytoplasmic localizing signal).
- Human AID:
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(SEQ ID NO: 49) MDSLLMNRRKFLYQFKNVRWAKGRRETYLCYVVKRRDSATSFSLDFGYLR NKNGCHVELLFLRYISDWDLDPGRCYRVTWFTSWSPCYDCARHVADFLRG NPNLSLRIFTARLYFCEDRKAEPEGLRRLHRAGVQIAIMTFKDYFYCWNT FVENHERTFKAWEGLHENSVRLSRQLRRILLPLYEVDDLRDAFRTLGL
(underline: nuclear localization sequence; double underline: nuclear export signal) - Mouse AID:
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(SEQ ID NO: 51) MDSLLMKQKKFLYHFKNVRWAKGRHETYLCYVVKRRDSATSCSLDFGHLR NKSGCHVELLFLRYISDWDLDPGRCYRVTWFTSWSPCYDCARHVAEFLRW NPNLSLRIFTARLYFCEDRKAEPEGLRRLHRAGVQIGIMTFKDYFYCWNT FVENRERTFKAWEGLHENSVRLTRQLRRILLPLYEVDDLRDAFRMLGF
(underline: nuclear localization sequence; double underline: nuclear export signal) - Dog AID:
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(SEQ ID NO: 52) MDSLLMKQRKFLYHFKNVRWAKGRHETYLCYVVKRRDSATSFSLDFGHLR NKSGCHVELLFLRYISDWDLDPGRCYRVTWFTSWSPCYDCARHVADFLRG YPNLSLRIFAARLYFCEDRKAEPEGLRRLHRAGVQIAIMTFKDYFYCWNT FVENREKTFKAWEGLHENSVRLSRQLRRILLPLYEVDDLRDAFRTLGL
(underline: nuclear localization sequence; double underline: nuclear export signal) - Bovine AID:
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(SEQ ID NO: 53) MDSLLKKQRQFLYQFKNVRWAKGRHETYLCYVVKRRDSPTSFSLDFGHLR NKAGCHVELLFLRYISDWDLDPGRCYRVTWFTSWSPCYDCARHVADFLRG YPNLSLRIFTARLYFCDKERKAEPEGLRRLHRAGVQIAIMTFKDYFYCWN TFVENHERTFKAWEGLHENSVRLSRQLRRILLPLYEVDDLRDAFRTLGL
(underline: nuclear localization sequence; double underline: nuclear export signal) -
(SEQ ID NO: 54) Rat:AID:MAVGSKPKAALVGPHWERERIWCFLCSTGLGTQQTGQTSRWL RPAATQDPVSPPRSLLMKQRKFLYHFKNVRWAKGRHETYLCYVVKRRDSA TSFSLDFGYLRNKSGCHVELLFLRYISDWDLDPGRCYRVTWFTSWSPCYD CARHVADFLRGNPNLSLRIFTARLTGWGALPAGLMSPARPSDYFYCWNTF VENHERTFKAWEGLHENSVRLSRRLRRILLPLYEVDDLRDAFRTLGL
(underline: nuclear localization sequence; double underline: nuclear export signal) - Mouse APOBEC-3:
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(SEQ ID NO: 55) MGPFCLGCSHRKCYSPIRNLISQETFKFHFKNLGYAKGRKDTFLCYEVTR KDCDSPVSLHHGVFKNKDNIHAEICFLYWFHDKVLKVLSPREEFKITWYM SWSPCFECAEQIVRFLATHHNLSLDIFSSRLYNVQDPETQQNLCRLVQEG AQVAAMDLYEFKKCWKKFVDNGGRRFRPWKRLLTNFRYQDSKLQEILRPC YIPVPSSSSSTLSNICLTKGLPETRFCVEGRRMDPLSEEEFYSQFYNQRV KHLCYYHRMKPYLCYQLEQFNGQAPLKGCLLSEKGKQHAEILFLDKIRSM ELSQVTITCYLTWSPCPNCAWQLAAFKRDRPDLILHIYTSRLYFHWKRPF QKGLCSLWQSGILVDVMDLPQFTDCWTNFVNPKRPFWPWKGLEIISRRTQ RRLRRIKESWGLQDLVNDFGNLQLGPPMS
(italic: nucleic acid editing domain) - Rat APOBEC-3:
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(SEQ ID NO: 56) MGPFCLGCSHRKCYSPIRNLISQETFKFHFKNLRYAIDRKDTFLCYEVTR KDCDSPVSLHHGVFKNKDNIHAEICFLYWFHDKVLKVLSPREEFKITWYM SWSPCFECAEQVLRFLATHHNLSLDIFSSRLYNIRDPENQQNLCRLVQEG AQVAAMDLYEFKKCWKKFVDNGGRRFRPWKKLLTNFRYQDSKLQEILRPC YIPVPSSSSSTLSNICLTKGLPETRFCVERRRVHLLSEEEFYSQFYNQRV KHLCYYHGVKPYLCYQLEQFNGQAPLKGCLLSEKGKQHAEILFLDKIRSM ELSQVIITCYLTWSPCPNCAWQLAAFKRDRPDLILHIYTSRLYFHWKRPF QKGLCSLWQSGILVDVMDLPQFTDCWTNFVNPKRPFWPWKGLEIISRRTQ RRLHRIKESWGLQDLVNDFGNLQLGPPMS
(italic: nucleic acid editing domain) - Rhesus macaque APOBEC-3G:
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(SEQ ID NO: 57) MVEPMDPRTFVSNFNNRPILSGLNTVWLCCEVKTKDPSGPPLDAKIFQGK VYSKAKYHPEM RFLRWFHKWRQLHHDQEYKVTWYVSWSPCTRCANSVATF LAKDPKVTLTIFVARLYYFWKPDYQQALRILCQKRGGPHATMKIMNYNEF QDCWNKFVDGRGKPFKPRNNLPKHYTLLQATLGELLRHLMDPGTFTSNFN NKPWVSGQHETYLCYKVERLHNDTWVPLNQHRGFLRNQAPNIHGFPKGRH AELCFLDLIPFWKLDGQQYRVTCFTSWSPCFSCAQEMAKFISNNEHVSLC IFAARIYDDQGRYQEGLRALHRDGAKIAMMNYSEFEYCWDTFVDRQGRPF QPWDGLDEHSQALSGRLRAI
(italic: nucleic acid editing domain; underline: cytoplasmic localization signal) - Chimpanzee APOBEC-3G:
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(SEQ ID NO: 58) MKPHFRNPVERMYQDTFSDNFYNRPILSHRNTVWLCYEVKTKGPSRPPLD AKIFRGQVYSKLKYHPEMRFFHWFSKWRKLHRDQEYEVTWYISWSPCTKC TRDVATFLAEDPKVTLTIFVARLYYFWDPDYQEALRSLCQKRDGPRATMK IMNYDEFQHCWSKFVYSQRELFEPWNNLPKYYILLHIMLGEILRHSMDPP TFTSNFNNELWVRGRHETYLCYEVERLHNDTWVLLNQRRGFLCNQAPHKH GFLEGRHAELCFLDVIPFWKLDLHQDYRVTCFTSWSPCFSCAQEMAKFIS NNKHVSLCIFAARIYDDQGRCQEGLRTLAKAGAKISIMTYSEFKHCWDTF VDHQGCPFQPWDGLEEHSQALSGRLRAILQNQGN
(italic: nucleic acid editing domain; underline: cytoplasmic localization signal) - Green monkey APOBEC-3G:
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(SEQ ID NO: 59) MNPQIRNMVEQMEPDIFVYYFNNRPILSGRNTVWLCYEVKTKDPSGPPLD ANIFQGKLYPEAKDHPEMKFLHWFRKWRQLHRDQEYEVTWYVSWSPCTRC ANSVATFLAEDPKVTLTIFVARLYYFWKPDYQQALRILCQERGGPHATMK IMNYNEFQHCWNEFVDGQGKPFKPRKNLPKHYTLLHATLGELLRHVMDPG TFTSNFNNKPWVSGQRETYLCYKVERSHNDTWVLLNQHRGFLRNQAPDRH GFPKGRHAELCFLDLIPFWKLDDQQYRVTCFTSWSPCFSCAQKMAKFISN NKHVSLCIFAARIYDDQGRCQEGLRTLHRDGAKIAVMNYSEFEYCWDTFV DRQGRPFQPWDGLDEHSQALSGRLRAI
(italic: nucleic acid editing domain; underline: cytoplasmic localization signal) - Human APOBEC-3G:
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(SEQ ID NO: 60) MKPHFRNTVERMYRDTFSYNFYNRPILSRRNTVWLCYEVKTKGPSRPPLD AKIFRGQVYSELKYHPEMRFFHWFSKWRKLHRDQEYEVTWYISWSPCTKC TRDMATFLAEDPKVTLTIFVARLYYFWDPDYQEALRSLCQKRDGPRATMK IMNYDEFQHCWSKFVYSQRELFEPWNNLPKYYILLHIMLGEILRHSMDPP TFTFNFNNEPWVRGRHETYLCYEVERMHNDTWVLLNQRRGFLCNQAPHKH GFLEGRHAELCFLDVIPFWKLDLDQDYRVTCFTSWSPCFSCAQEMAKFIS KNKHVSLCIFTARIYDDQGRCQEGLRTLAEAGAKISIMTYSEFKHCWDTF VDHQGCPFQPWDGLDEHSQDLSGRLRAILQNQEN
(italic: nucleic acid editing domain; underline: cytoplasmic localization signal) - Human APOBEC-3F:
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(SEQ ID NO: 61) MKPHFRNTVERMYRDTFSYNFYNRPILSRRNTVWLCYEVKTKGPSRPRLD AKIFRGQVYSQPEHHAEMCFLSWFCGNQLPAYKCFQITWFVSWTPCPDCV AKLAEFLAEHPNVTLTISAARLYYYWERDYRRALCRLSQAGARVKIMDDE EFAYCWENFVYSEGQPFMPWYKFDDNYAFLHRTLKEILRNPMEAMYPHIF YFHFKNLRKAYGRNESWLCFTMEVVKHHSPVSWKRGVFRNQVDPETHCHA ERCFLSWFCDDILSPNTNYEVTWYTSWSPCPECAGEVAEFLARHSNVNLT IFTARLYYFWDTDYQEGLRSLSQEGASVEIMGYKDFKYCWENFVYNDDEP FKPWKGLKYNFLFLDSKLQEILE
(italic: nucleic acid editing domain) - Human APOBEC-3B:
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(SEQ ID NO: 62) MNPQIRNPMERMYRDTFYDNFENEPILYGRSYTWLCYEVKIKRGRSNLLW DTGVFRGQVYFKPQYHAEMCFLSWFCGNQLPAYKCFQITWFVSWTPCPDC VAKLAEFLSEHPNVTLTISAARLYYYWERDYRRALCRLSQAGARVTIMDY EEFAYCWENFVYNEGQQFMPWYKFDENYAFLHRTLKEILRYLMDPDTFTF NFNNDPLVLRRRQTYLCYEVERLDNGTWVLMDQHMGFLCNEAKNLLCGFY GRHAELRFLDLVPSLQLDPAQIYRVTWFISWSPCFSWGCAGEVRAFLQEN THVRLRIFAARIYDYDPLYKEALQMLRDAGAQVSIMTYDEFEYCWDTFVY RQGCPFQPWDGLEEHSQALSGRLRAILQNQGN
(italic: nucleic acid editing domain) - Rat APOBEC-3B:
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(SEQ ID NO: 63) MQPQGLGPNAGMGPVCLGCSHRRPYSPIRNPLKKLYQQTFYFHFKNVRYA WGRKNNFLCYEVNGMDCALPVPLRQGVFRKQGHIHAELCFIYWFHDKVLR VLSPMEEFKVTWYMSWSPCSKCAEQVARFLAAHRNLSLAIFSSRLYYYLR NPNYQQKLCRLIQEGVHVAAMDLPEFKKCWNKFVDNDGQPFRPWMRLRIN FSFYDCKLQEIFSRMNLLREDVFYLQFNNSHRVKPVQNRYYRRKSYLCYQ LERANGQEPLKGYLLYKKGEQHVEILFLEKMRSMELSQVRITCYLTWSPC PNCARQLAAFKKDHPDLILRIYTSRLYFYWRKKFQKGLCTLWRSGIHVDV MDLPQFADCWTNFVNPQRPFRPWNELEKNSWRIQRRLRRIKESWGL - Bovine APOBEC-3B:
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(SEQ ID NO: 64) DGWEVAFRSGTVLKAGVLGVSMTEGWAGSGHPGQGACVWTPGTRNTMNLL REVLFKQQFGNQPRVPAPYYRRKTYLCYQLKQRNDLTLDRGCFRNKKQRH AEIRFIDKINSLDLNPSQSYKIICYITWSPCPNCANELVNFITRNNHLKL EIFASRLYFHWIKSFKMGLQDLQNAGISVAVMTHTEFEDCWEQFVDNQSR PFQPWDKLEQYSASIRRRLQRILTAPI - Chimpanzee APOBEC-3B:
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(SEQ ID NO: 65) MNPQIRNPMEWMYQRTFYYNFENEPILYGRSYTWLCYEVKIRRGHSNLLW DTGVFRGQMYSQPEHHAEMCFLSWFCGNQLSAYKCFQITWFVSWTPCPDC VAKLAKFLAEHPNVTLTISAARLYYYWERDYRRALCRLSQAGARVKIMDD EEFAYCWENFVYNEGQPFMPWYKFDDNYAFLHRTLKEIIRHLMDPDTFTF NFNNDPLVLRRHQTYLCYEVERLDNGTWVLMDQHMGFLCNEAKNLLCGFY GRHAELRFLDLVPSLQLDPAQIYRVTWFISWSPCFSWGCAGQVRAFLQEN THVRLRIFAARIYDYDPLYKEALQMLRDAGAQVSIMTYDEFEYCWDTFVY RQGCPFQPWDGLEEHSQALSGRLRAILQVRASSLCMVPHRPPPPPQSPGP CLPLCSEPPLGSLLPTGRPAPSLPFLLTASFSFPPPASLPPLPSLSLSPG HLPVPSFHSLTSCSIQPPCSSRIRETEGWASVSKEGRDLG - Human APOBEC-3C:
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(SEQ ID NO: 66) MNPQIRNPMKAMYPGTFYFQFKNLWEANDRNETWLCFTVEGIKRRSVVSW KTGVFRNQVDSETHCHAERCFLSWFCDDILSPNTKYQVTWYTSWSPCPDC AGEVAEFLARHSNVNLTIFTARLYYFQYPCYQEGLRSLSQEGVAVEIMDY EDFKYCWENFVYNDNEPFKPWKGLKTNFRLLKRRLRESLQ
(italic: nucleic acid editing domain) - Gorilla APOBEC3C:
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(SEQ ID NO: 67) MNPQIRNPMKAMYPGTFYFQFKNLWEANDRNETWLCFTVEGIKRRSVVSW KTGVFRNQVDSETHCHAERCFLSWFCDDILSPNTNYQVTWYTSWSPCPEC AGEVAEFLARHSNVNLTIFTARLYYFQDTDYQEGLRSLSQEGVAVKIMDY KDFKYCWENFVYNDDEPFKPWKGLKYNFRFLKRRLQEILE
(italic: nucleic acid editing domain) - Human APOBEC-3A:
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(SEQ ID NO: 68) MEASPASGPRHLMDPHIFTSNFNNGIGRHKTYLCYEVERLDNGTSVKMDQ HRGFLHNQAKNLLCGFYGRHAELRFLDLVPSLQLDPAQIYRVTWFISWSP CFSWGCAGEVRAFLQENTHVRLRIFAARIYDYDPLYKEALQMLRDAGAQV SIMTYDEFKHCWDTFVDHQGCPFQPWDGLDEHSQALSGRLRAILQNQGN
(italic: nucleic acid editing domain) - Rhesus macaque APOBEC-3A:
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(SEQ ID NO: 69) MDGSPASRPRHLMDPNTFTFNFNNDLSVRGRHQTYLCYEVERLDNGTWVP MDERRGFLCNKAKNVPCGDYGCHVELRFLCEVPSWQLDPAQTYRVTWFIS WSPCFRRGCAGQVRVFLQENKHVRLRIFAARIYDYDPLYQEALRTLRDAG AQVSIMTYEEFKHCWDTFVDRQGRPFQPWDGLDEHSQALSGRLRAILQNQ GN
(italic: nucleic acid editing domain) - Bovine APOBEC-3A:
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(SEQ ID NO: 70) MDEYTFTENFNNQGWPSKTYLCYEMERLDGDATIPLDEYKGFVRNKGLDQ PEKPCHAELYFLGKIHSWNLDRNQHYRLTCFISWSPCYDCAQKLTTFLKE NHHISLHILASRIYTHNRFGCHQSGLCELQAAGARITIMTFEDFKHCWET FVDHKGKPFQPWEGLNVKSQALCTELQAILKTQQN
(italic: nucleic acid editing domain) - Human APOBEC-3H:
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(SEQ ID NO: 71) MALLTAETFRLQFNNKRRLRRPYYPRKALLCYQLTPQNGSTPTRGYFENK KKCHAEICFINEIKSMGLDETQCYQVTCYLTWSPCSSCAWELVDFIKAHD HLNLGIFASRLYYHWCKPQQKGLRLLCGSQVPVEVMGFPKFADCWENFVD HEKPLSFNPYKMLEELDKNSRAIKRRLERIKIPGVRAQGRYMDILCDAEV
(italic: nucleic acid editing domain) - Rhesus macaque APOBEC-3H:
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(SEQ ID NO: 72) MALLTAKTFSLQFNNKRRVNKPYYPRKALLCYQLTPQNGSTPTRGHLKNK KKDHAEIRFINKIKSMGLDETQCYQVTCYLTWSPCPSCAGELVDFIKAHR HLNLRIFASRLYYHWRPNYQEGLLLLCGSQVPVEVMGLPEFTDCWENFVD HKEPPSFNPSEKLEELDKNSQAIKRRLERIKSRSVDVLENGLRSLQLGPV TPSSSIRNSR - Human APOBEC-3D:
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(SEQ ID NO: 73) MNPQIRNPMERMYRDTFYDNFENEPILYGRSYTWLCYEVKIKRGRSNLLW DTGVFRGPVLPKRQSNHRQEVYFRFENHAEMCFLSWFCGNRLPANRRFQI TWFVSWNPCLPCVVKVTKFLAEHPNVTLTISAARLYYYRDRDWRWVLLRL HKAGARVKIMDYEDFAYCWENFVCNEGQPFMPWYKFDDNYASLHRTLKEI LRNPMEAMYPHIFYFHFKNLLKACGRNESWLCFTMEVTKHHSAVFRKRGV FRNQVDPETHCHAERCFLSWFCDDILSPNTNYEVTWYTSWSPCPECAGEV AEFLARHSNVNLTIFTARLCYFWDTDYQEGLCSLSQEGASVKIMGYKDFV SCWKNFVYSDDEPFKPWKGLQTNFRLLKRRLREILQ
(italic: nucleic acid editing domain) - Human APOBEC-1:
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(SEQ ID NO: 74) MTSEKGPSTGDPTLRRRIEPWEFDVFYDPRELRKEACLLYEIKWGMSRKI WRSSGKNTTNHVEVNFIKKFTSERDFHPSMSCSITWFLSWSPCWECSQAI REFLSRHPGVTLVIYVARLFWHMDQQNRQGLRDLVNSGVTIQIMRASEYY HCWRNFVNYPPGDEAHWPQYPPLWMMLYALELHCIILSLPPCLKISRRWQ NHLTFFRLHLQNCHYQTIPPHILLATGLIHPSVAWR - Mouse APOBEC-1:
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(SEQ ID NO: 75) MSSETGPVAVDPTLRRRIEPHEFEVFFDPRELRKETCLLYEINWGGRHSV WRHTSQNTSNHVEVNFLEKFTTERYFRPNTRCSITWFLSWSPCGECSRAI TEFLSRHPYVTLFIYIARLYHHTDQRNRQGLRDLISSGVTIQIMTEQEYC YCWRNFVNYPPSNEAYWPRYPHLWVKLYVLELYCIILGLPPCLKILRRKQ PQLTFFTITLQTCHYQRIPPHLLWATGLK - Rat APOBEC-1:
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(SEQ ID NO: 76) MSSETGPVAVDPTLRRRIEPHEFEVFFDPRELRKETCLLYEINWGGRHSI WRHTSQNTNKHVEVNFIEKFTTERYFCPNTRCSITWFLSWSPCGECSRAI TEFLSRYPHVTLFIYIARLYHHADPRNRQGLRDLISSGVTIQIMTEQESG YCWRNFVNYSPSNEAHWPRYPHLWVRLYVLELYCIILGLPPCLNILRRKQ PQLTFFTIALQSCHYQRLPPHILWATGLK - Human APOBEC-2:
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(SEQ ID NO: 77) MAQKEEAAVATEAASQNGEDLENLDDPEKLKELIELPPFEIVTGERLPAN FFKFQFRNVEYSSGRNKTFLCYVVEAQGKGGQVQASRGYLEDEHAAAHAE EAFFNTILPAFDPALRYNVTWYVSSSPCAACADRIIKTLSKTKNLRLLIL VGRLFMWEEPEIQAALKKLKEAGCKLRIMKPQDFEYVWQNFVEQEEGESK AFQPWEDIQENFLYYEEKLADILK - Mouse APOBEC-2:
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(SEQ ID NO: 78) MAQKEEAAEAAAPASQNGDDLENLEDPEKLKELIDLPPFEIVTGVRLPVN FFKFQFRNVEYSSGRNKTFLCYVVEVQSKGGQAQATQGYLEDEHAGAHAE EAFFNTILPAFDPALKYNVTWYVSSSPCAACADRILKTLSKTKNLRLLIL VSRLFMWEEPEVQAALKKLKEAGCKLRIMKPQDFEYIWQNFVEQEEGESK AFEPWEDIQENFLYYEEKLADILK - Rat APOBEC-2:
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(SEQ ID NO: 79) MAQKEEAAEAAAPASQNGDDLENLEDPEKLKELIDLPPFEIVTGVRLPVN FFKFQFRNVEYSSGRNKTFLCYVVEAQSKGGQVQATQGYLEDEHAGAHAE EAFFNTILPAFDPALKYNVTWYVSSSPCAACADRILKTLSKTKNLRLLIL VSRLFMWEEPEVQAALKKLKEAGCKLRIMKPQDFEYLWQNFVEQEEGESK AFEPWEDIQENFLYYEEKLADILK - Bovine APOBEC-2:
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(SEQ ID NO: 80) MAQKEEAAAAAEPASQNGEEVENLEDPEKLKELIELPPFEIVTGERLPAH YFKFQFRNVEYSSGRNKTFLCYVVEAQSKGGQVQASRGYLEDEHATNHAE EAFFNSIMPTFDPALRYMVTWYVSSSPCAACADRIVKTLNKTKNLRLLIL VGRLFMWEEPEIQAALRKLKEAGCRLRIMKPQDFEYIWQNFVEQEEGESK AFEPWEDIQENFLYYEEKLADILK - Petromyzon marinus CDA1 (pmCDA1)
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(SEQ ID NO: 81) MTDAEYVRIHEKLDIYTFKKQFFNNKKSVSHRCYVLFELKRRGERRACFW GYAVNKPQSGTERGIHAEIFSIRKVEEYLRDNPGQFTINWYSSWSPCADC AEKILEWYNQELRGNGHTLKIWACKLYYEKNARNQIGLWNLRDNGVGLNV MVSEHYQCCRKIFIQSSHNQLNENRWLEKTLKRAEKRRSELSIMIQVKIL HTTKSPAV - Human APOBEC3G D316R_D317R
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(SEQ ID NO: 82) MKPHFRNTVERMYRDTFSYNFYNRPILSRRNTVWLCYEVKTKGPSRPPLD AKIFRGQVYSELKYHPEMRFFHWFSKWRKLHRDQEYEVTWYISWSPCTKC TRDMATFLAEDPKVTLTIFVARLYYFWDPDYQEALRSLCQKRDGPRATMK IMNYDEFQHCWSKFVYSQRELFEPWNNLPKYYILLHIMLGEILRHSMDPP TFTFNFNNEPWVRGRHETYLCYEVERMHNDTWVLLNQRRGFLCNQAPHKH GFLEGRHAELCFLDVIPFWKLDLDQDYRVTCFTSWSPCFSCAQEMAKFIS KNKHVSLCIFTARIYRRQGRCQEGLRTLAEAGAKISIMTYSEFKHCWDTF VDHQGCPFQPWDGLDEHSQDLSGRLRAILQNQEN - Human APOBEC3G chain A
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(SEQ ID NO: 83) MDPPTFTFNFNNEPWVRGRHETYLCYEVERMHNDTWVLLNQRRGFLCNQA PHKHGFLEGRHAELCFLDVIPFWKLDLDQDYRVTCFTSWSPCFSCAQEMA KFISKNKHVSLCIFTARIYDDQGRCQEGLRTLAEAGAKISIMTYSEFKHC WDTFVDHQGCPFQPWDGLDEHSQDLSGRLRAILQ - Human APOBEC3G chain A D120R_D121R
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(SEQ ID NO: 84) MDPPTFTFNFNNEPWVRGRHETYLCYEVERMHNDTWVLLNQRRGFLCNQA PHKHGFLEGRHAELCFLDVIPFWKLDLDQDYRVTCFTSWSPCFSCAQEMA KFISKNKHVSLCIFTARIYRRQGRCQEGLRTLAEAGAKISIMTYSEFKHC WDTFVDHQGCPFQPWDGLDEHSQDLSGRLRAILQ - In some embodiments, fusion proteins as provided herein comprise the full-length amino acid of a nucleic acid editing enzyme, e.g., one of the sequences provided above. In other embodiments, however, fusion proteins as provided herein do not comprise a full-length sequence of a nucleic acid editing enzyme, but only a fragment thereof. For example, in some embodiments, a fusion protein provided herein comprises a Cas9 domain and a fragment of a nucleic acid editing enzyme, e.g., wherein the fragment comprises a nucleic acid editing domain. Exemplary amino acid sequences of nucleic acid editing domains are shown in the sequences above as italicized letters, and additional suitable sequences of such domains will be apparent to those of skill in the art.
- Additional suitable nucleic-acid editing enzyme sequences, e.g., deaminase enzyme and domain sequences, that can be used according to aspects of this invention, e.g., that can be fused to a nuclease-inactive Cas9 domain, will be apparent to those of skill in the art based on this disclosure. In some embodiments, such additional enzyme sequences include deaminase enzyme or deaminase domain sequences that are at least 70%, at least 75%, at least 80%, at least 85%, at least 90%, at least 95%, at least 96%, at least 97%, at least 98%, or at least 99% similar to the sequences provided herein. Additional suitable Cas9 domains, variants, and sequences will also be apparent to those of skill in the art. Examples of such additional suitable Cas9 domains include, but are not limited to, D10A, D10A/D839A/H840A, and D10A/D839A/H840A/N863A mutant domains (see, e.g., Prashant et al., CAS9 transcriptional activators for target specificity screening and paired nickases for cooperative genome engineering. Nature Biotechnology. 2013; 31(9): 833-838 the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference). In some embodiments, the Cas9 comprises a histidine residue at position 840 of the amino acid sequence provided in SEQ ID NO: 6, or a corresponding mutation in any Cas9 protein, such as any one of the Cas9 amino acid sequences as provided herein. The presence of the catalytic residue H840 restores the acvitity of the Cas9 to cleave the non-edited strand containing a G opposite the targeted C. Restoration of H840 does not result in the cleavage of the target strand containing the C.
- Additional suitable strategies for generating fusion proteins comprising a Cas9 domain and a deaminase domain will be apparent to those of skill in the art based on this disclosure in combination with the general knowledge in the art. Suitable strategies for generating fusion proteins according to aspects of this disclosure using linkers or without the use of linkers will also be apparent to those of skill in the art in view of the instant disclosure and the knowledge in the art. For example, Gilbert et al., CRISPR-mediated modular RNA-guided regulation of transcription in eukaryotes. Cell. 2013; 154(2):442-51, showed that C-terminal fusions of Cas9 with VP64 using 2 NLS's as a linker (SPKKKRKVEAS, SEQ ID NO: 617), can be employed for transcriptional activation. Mali et al., CAS9 transcriptional activators for target specificity screening and paired nickases for cooperative genome engineering. Nat Biotechnol. 2013; 31(9):833-8, reported that C-terminal fusions with VP64 without linker can be employed for transcriptional activation. And Maeder et al., CRISPR RNA-guided activation of endogenous human genes. Nat Methods. 2013; 10: 977-979, reported that C-terminal fusions with VP64 using a Gly4Ser (SEQ ID NO: 613) linker can be used as transcriptional activators. Recently, dCas9-FokI nuclease fusions have successfully been generated and exhibit improved enzymatic specificity as compared to the parental Cas9 enzyme (In Guilinger J P, Thompson D B, Liu D R. Fusion of catalytically inactive Cas9 to FokI nuclease improves the specificity of genome modification. Nat. Biotechnol. 2014; 32(6): 577-82, and in Tsai S Q, Wyvekens N, Khayter C, Foden J A, Thapar V, Reyon D, Goodwin M J, Aryee M J, Joung J K. Dimeric CRISPR RNA-guided FokI nucleases for highly specific genome editing. Nat Biotechnol. 2014; 32(6):569-76. PMID: 24770325 a SGSETPGTSESATPES (SEQ ID NO: 604) or a GGGGS (SEQ ID NO: 607) linker was used in FokI-dCas9 fusion proteins, respectively).
- Some aspects of this disclosure provide fusion proteins comprising (i) a Cas9 enzyme or domain (e.g., a first protein); and (ii) a nucleic acid-editing enzyme or domain (e.g., a second protein). In some aspects, the fusion proteins provided herein further include (iii) a programmable DNA-binding protein, for example, a zinc-finger domain, a TALE, or a second Cas9 protein (e.g., a third protein). Without wishing to be bound by any particular theory, fusing a programmable DNA-binding protein (e.g., a second Cas9 protein) to a fusion protein comprising (i) a Cas9 enzyme or domain (e.g., a first protein); and (ii) a nucleic acid-editing enzyme or domain (e.g., a second protein) may be useful for improving specificity of the fusion protein to a target nucleic acid sequence, or for improving specificity or binding affinity of the fusion protein to bind target nucleic acid sequence that does not contain a canonical PAM (NGG) sequence. In some embodiments, the third protein is a Cas9 protein (e.g, a second Cas9 protein). In some embodiments, the third protein is any of the Cas9 proteins provided herein. In some embodiments, the third protein is fused to the fusion protein N-terminal to the Cas9 protein (e.g., the first protein). In some embodiments, the third protein is fused to the fusion protein C-terminal to the Cas9 protein (e.g., the first protein). In some embodiments, the Cas9 domain (e.g., the first protein) and the third protein (e.g., a second Cas9 protein) are fused via a linker (e.g., a second linker). In some embodiments, the linker comprises a (GGGGS)n (SEQ ID NO: 607), a (G)n (SEQ ID NO: 608), an (EAAAK)n (SEQ ID NO: 609), a (GGS)n (SEQ ID NO: 610), (SGGS)n (SEQ ID NO: 606), a SGSETPGTSESATPES (SEQ ID NO: 604), a SGGS(GGS)n (SEQ ID NO: 612), a SGGSSGGSSGSETPGTSESATPESSGGSSGGS (SEQ ID NO: 605), or an (XP)n (SEQ ID NO: 611) motif, or a combination of any of these, wherein n is independently an integer between 1 and 30. In some embodiments, the general architecture of exemplary napDNAbp fusion proteins provided herein comprises the structure:
- [NH2]-[nucleic acid-editing enzyme or domain]-[napDNAbp]-[third protein]-[COOH];
[NH2]-[third protein]-[napDNAbp]-[nucleic acid-editing enzyme or domain]-[COOH];
[NH2]-[napDNAbp]-[nucleic acid-editing enzyme or domain]-[third protein]-[COOH];
[NH2]-[third protein]-[nucleic acid-editing enzyme or domain]-[napDNAbp]-[COOH];
[NH2]-[UGI]-[nucleic acid-editing enzyme or domain]-[napDNAbp]-[third protein]-[COOH];
[NH2]-[UGI]-[third protein]-[napDNAbp]-[nucleic acid-editing enzyme or domain]-[COOH];
[NH2]-[UGI]-[napDNAbp]-[nucleic acid-editing enzyme or domain]-[third protein]-[COOH];
[NH2]-[UGI]-[third protein]-[nucleic acid-editing enzyme or domain]-[napDNAbp]-[COOH];
[NH2]-[nucleic acid-editing enzyme or domain]-[napDNAbp]-[third protein]-[UGI]-[COOH];
[NH2]-[third protein]-[napDNAbp]-[nucleic acid-editing enzyme or domain]-[UGI]-[COOH];
[NH2]-[NapDNAbp]-[nucleic acid-editing enzyme or domain]-[third protein]-[UGI]-[COOH];
[NH2]-[third protein]-[nucleic acid-editing enzyme or domain]-[NapDNAbp]-[UGI]-[COOH]; or
[NH2]-[nucleic acid-editing enzyme or domain]-[NapDNAbp]-[first UGI domain]-[second UGI domain]-[COOH];
wherein NH2 is the N-terminus of the fusion protein, and COOH is the C-terminus of the fusion protein. In some embodiments, the “]-[“used in the general architecture above indicates the presence of an optional linker sequence. In other examples, the general architecture of exemplary NapDNAbp fusion proteins provided herein comprises the structure:
[NH2]-[nucleic acid-editing enzyme or domain]-[NapDNAbp]-[second NapDNAbp protein]-[COOH];
[NH2]-[second NapDNAbp protein]-[NapDNAbp]-[nucleic acid-editing enzyme or domain]-[COOH];
[NH2]-[NapDNAbp]-[nucleic acid-editing enzyme or domain]-[second NapDNAbp protein]-[COOH];
[NH2]-[second NapDNAbp protein]-[nucleic acid-editing enzyme or domain]-[NapDNAbp]-[COOH];
[NH2]-[UGI]-[nucleic acid-editing enzyme or domain]-[NapDNAbp]-[second NapDNAbp protein]-[COOH],
[NH2]-[UGI]-[second NapDNAbp protein]-[NapDNAbp]-[nucleic acid-editing enzyme or domain]-[COOH];
[NH2]-[UGI]-[NapDNAbp]-[nucleic acid-editing enzyme or domain]-[second NapDNAbp protein]-[COOH];
[NH2]-[UGI]-[second NapDNAbp protein]-[nucleic acid-editing enzyme or domain]-[NapDNAbp]-[COOH];
[NH2]-[nucleic acid-editing enzyme or domain]-[NapDNAbp]-[second NapDNAbp protein]-[UGI]-[COOH];
[NH2]-[second NapDNAbp protein]-[NapDNAbp]-[nucleic acid-editing enzyme or domain]-[UGI]-[COOH];
[NH2]-[NapDNAbp]-[nucleic acid-editing enzyme or domain]-[second NapDNAbp protein]-[UGI]-[COOH]; or
[NH2]-[second NapDNAbp protein]-[nucleic acid-editing enzyme or domain]-[NapDNAbp]-[UGI]-[COOH];
wherein NH2 is the N-terminus of the fusion protein, and COOH is the C-terminus of the fusion protein. In some embodiments, the “]-[” used in the general architecture above indicates the presence of an optional linker sequence. In some embodiments, the second NapDNAbp is a dCas9 protein. In some examples, the general architecture of exemplary Cas9 fusion proteins provided herein comprises a structure as shown inFIG. 3 . It should be appreciated that any of the proteins provided in any of the general architectures of exemplary Cas9 fusion proteins may be connected by one or more of the linkers provided herein. In some embodiments, the linkers are the same. In some embodiments, the linkers are different. In some embodiments, one or more of the proteins provided in any of the general architectures of exemplary Cas9 fusion proteins are not fused via a linker. In some embodiments, the fusion proteins further comprise a nuclear targeting sequence, for example a nuclear localization sequence. In some embodiments, fusion proteins provided herein further comprise a nuclear localization sequence (NLS). In some embodiments, the NLS is fused to the N-terminus of the fusion protein. In some embodiments, the NLS is fused to the C-terminus of the fusion protein. In some embodiments, the NLS is fused to the N-terminus of the third protein. In some embodiments, the NLS is fused to the C-terminus of the third protein. In some embodiments, the NLS is fused to the N-terminus of the Cas9 protein. In some embodiments, the NLS is fused to the C-terminus of the Cas9 protein. In some embodiments, the NLS is fused to the N-terminus of the nucleic acid-editing enzyme or domain. In some embodiments, the NLS is fused to the C-terminus of the nucleic acid-editing enzyme or domain. In some embodiments, the NLS is fused to the N-terminus of the UGI protein. In some embodiments, the NLS is fused to the C-terminus of the UGI protein. In some embodiments, the NLS is fused to the fusion protein via one or more linkers. In some embodiments, the NLS is fused to the fusioin protein without a linker - Some aspects of the disclosure relate to fusion proteins that comprise a uracil glycosylase inhibitor (UGI) domain. In some embodiments, any of the fusion proteins provided herein that comprise a Cas9 domain (e.g., a nuclease active Cas9 domain, a nuclease inactive dCas9 domain, or a Cas9 nickase) may be further fused to a UGI domain either directly or via a linker. Some aspects of this disclosure provide deaminase-dCas9 fusion proteins, deaminase-nuclease active Cas9 fusion proteins and deaminase-Cas9 nickase fusion proteins with increased nucleobase editing efficiency. Without wishing to be bound by any particular theory, cellular DNA-repair response to the presence of U:G heteroduplex DNA may be responsible for the decrease in nucleobase editing efficiency in cells. For example, uracil DNA glycosylase (UDG) catalyzes removal of U from DNA in cells, which may initiate base excision repair, with reversion of the U:G pair to a C:G pair as the most common outcome. As demonstrated in the Examples below, Uracil DNA Glycosylase Inhibitor (UGI) may inhibit human UDG activity. Thus, this disclosure contemplates a fusion protein comprising dCas9-nucleic acid editing domain further fused to a UGI domain. This disclosure also contemplates a fusion protein comprising a Cas9 nickase-nucleic acid editing domain further fused to a UGI domain. It should be understood that the use of a UGI domain may increase the editing efficiency of a nucleic acid editing domain that is capable of catalyzing a C to U change. For example, fusion proteins comprising a UGI domain may be more efficient in deaminating C residues. In some embodiments, the fusion protein comprises the structure:
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- [deaminase]-[optional linker sequence]-[dCas9]-[optional linker sequence]-[UGI];
- [deaminase]-[optional linker sequence]-[UGI]-[optional linker sequence]-[dCas9];
- [UGI]-[optional linker sequence]-[deaminase]-[optional linker sequence]-[dCas9];
- [UGI]-[optional linker sequence]-[dCas9]-[optional linker sequence]-[deaminase];
- [dCas9]-[optional linker sequence]-[deaminase]-[optional linker sequence]-[UGI];
- [dCas9]-[optional linker sequence]-[UGI]-[optional linker sequence]-[deaminase];
- [deaminase]-[optional linker sequence]-[dCas9]-[optional linker sequence]-[first UGI]-[optional linker sequence]-[second UGI];
- [deaminase]-[optional linker sequence]-[first UGI]-[optional linker seqeunce]-[second UGI]-[optional linker sequence]-[dCas9];
- [first UGI]-[optional linker sequence]-[second UGI]-[optional linker sequence]-[deaminase]-[optional linker sequence]-[dCas9];
- [first UGI]-[optional linker sequence]-[second UGi]-[optional linker sequence]-[dCas9]-[optional linker sequence]-[deaminase];
- [dCas9]-[optional linker sequence]-[deaminase]-[optional linker sequence]-[first UGI]-[optional linker sequence]-[second UGI]; or
- [dCas9]-[optional linker sequence]-[first UGI]-[optional linker sequence]-[second UGI]-[optional linker sequence]-[deaminase].
- In other embodiments, the fusion protein comprises the structure:
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- [deaminase]-[optional linker sequence]-[Cas9 nickase]-[optional linker sequence]-[UGI];
- [deaminase]-[optional linker sequence]-[UGI]-[optional linker sequence]-[Cas9 nickase];
- [UGI]-[optional linker sequence]-[deaminase]-[optional linker sequence]-[Cas9 nickase];
- [UGI]-[optional linker sequence]-[Cas9 nickase]-[optional linker sequence]-[deaminase];
- [Cas9 nickase]-[optional linker sequence]-[deaminase]-[optional linker sequence]-[UGI]; [Cas9 nickase]-[optional linker sequence]-[UGI]-[optional linker sequence]-[deaminase]
- [deaminase]-[optional linker sequence]-[Cas9 nickase]-[optional linker sequence]-[first UGI]-[optional linker sequence]-[second UGI];
- [deaminase]-[optional linker sequence]-[first UGI]-[optional linker seqeunce]-[second UGI]-[optional linker sequence]-[Cas9 nickase];
- [first UGI]-[optional linker sequence]-[second UGI]-[optional linker sequence]-[deaminase]-[optional linker sequence]-[Cas9 nickase];
- [first UGI]-[optional linker sequence]-[second UGi]-[optional linker sequence]-[Cas9 nickase]-[optional linker sequence]-[deaminase];
- [Cas9 nickase]-[optional linker sequence]-[deaminase]-[optional linker sequence]-[first UGI]-[optional linker sequence]-[second UGI]; or
- [Cas9 nickase]-[optional linker sequence]-[first UGI]-[optional linker sequence]-[second UGI]-[optional linker sequence]-[deaminase].
- It should be appreciated that any of the fusion proteins described above may be comprised of (i) a nucleic acid programmable DNA binding protein (napDNAbp); (ii) a cytidine deaminase domain; and (iii) two or more UGI domains, wherein the two or more UGI domains may be adjacent (e.g., [first UGI]-[second UGI], wherein “-” is an optional linker) to one another in the construct, or the two or more UGI domains may be separated by the napDNAbp of (i) and/or the cytidine deaminase domain of (ii) (e.g., [first UGI]-[deaminase]-[second UGI], [first UGI]-[napDNAbp]-[second UGI], [first UGI]-[deaminase]-[napDNAbp]-[second UGI], ect., wherein “-” is an optional linker).
- In another aspect, the fusion protein comprises: (i) a Cas9 enzyme or domain; (ii) a nucleic acid-editing enzyme or domain (e.g., a second protein) (e.g., a cytidine deaminase domain); (iii) a first uracil glycosylase inhibitor domain (UGI) (e.g., a third protein); and (iv) a second uracil glycosylase inhibitor domain (UGI) (e.g., a fourth protein). The first and second uracil glycosylase inhibitor domains (UGIs) may be the same or different. In some embodiments, the Cas9 domain (e.g., the first protein) and the deaminase (e.g., the second protein) are fused via a linker. In some embodiments, the Cas9 domain is fused to the C-terminus of the deaminase. In some embodiments, the Cas9 protein (e.g., the first protein) and the first UGI domain (e.g., the third protein) are fused via a linker (e.g., a second linker). In some embodiments, the first UGI domain is fused to the C-terminus of the Cas9 protein. In some embodiments, the first UGI domain (e.g., the third protein) and the second UGI domain (e.g., the forth protein) are fused via a linker (e.g., a third linker). In some embodiments, the second UGI domain is fused to the C-terminus of the first UGI domain. In some embodiments, the linker comprises a (GGGGS)n (SEQ ID NO: 607), a (G)n (SEQ ID NO: 608), an (EAAAK)n (SEQ ID NO: 609), a (GGS)n (SEQ ID NO: 610), (SGGS)n (SEQ ID NO: 606), a SGSETPGTSESATPES (SEQ ID NO: 604), a SGGS(GGS)n (SEQ ID NO: 612), a SGGSSGGSSGSETPGTSESATPESSGGSSGGS (SEQ ID NO: 605), or an (XP)n (SEQ ID NO: 611) motif, or a combination of any of these, wherein n is independently an integer between 1 and 30. In some embodiments, the first linker comprises an amino acid sequence of 1-50 amino acids. In some embodiments, the first linker comprises an amino acid sequence of 1-40 amino acids. In some embodiments, the first linker comprises an amino acid sequence of 1-35 amino acids. In some embodiments, the first linker comprises an amino acid sequence of 1-30 amino acids. In some embodiments, the first linker comprises an amino acid sequence of 1-20 amino acids. In some embodiments, the first linker comprises an amino acid sequence of 10-20 amino acids. In some embodiments, the first linker comprises an amino acid sequence of 30-40 amino acids. In some embodiments, the first linker comprises an amino acid sequence of 14, 16, or 18 amino acids. In some embodiments, the first linker comprises an amino acid sequence of 16 amino acids. In some embodiments, the first linker comprises an amino acid sequence of 30, 32, or 34 amino acids. In some embodiments, the first linker comprises an amino acid sequence of 32 amino acids. In some embodiments, the first linker comprises a SGSETPGTSESATPES (SEQ ID NO: 604) motif. In some embodiments, the first linker comprises a SGGSSGGSSGSETPGTSESATPESSGGSSGGS (SEQ ID NO: 605) motif. In some embodiments, the second linker comprises comprises an amino acid sequence of 1-50 amino acids. In some embodiments, the second linker comprises an amino acid sequence of 1-40 amino acids. In some embodiments, the second linker comprises an amino acid sequence of 1-35 amino acids. In some embodiments, the second linker comprises an amino acid sequence of 1-30 amino acids. In some embodiments, the second linker comprises an amino acid sequence of 1-20 amino acids. In some embodiments, the second linker comprises an amino acid sequence of 2-20 amino acids. In some embodiments, the second linker comprises an amino acid sequence of 2-10 amino acids. In some embodiments, the second linker comprises an amino acid sequence of 10-20 amino acids. In some embodiments, the second linker comprises an amino acid sequence of 2, 4, or 6 amino acids. In some embodiments, the second linker comprises an amino acid sequence of 7, 9, or 11 amino acids. In some embodiments, the second linker comprises an amino acid sequence of 14, 16, or 18 amino acids. In some embodiments, the second linker comprises an amino acid sequence of 4 amino acids. In some embodiments, the second linker comprises an amino acid sequence of 9 amino acids. In some embodiments, the second linker comprises an amino acid sequence of 16 amino acids. In some embodiments, the second linker comprises a (SGGS)n (SEQ ID NO: 606) motif, wherein n is an integer between 1 and 30, inclusive. In some embodiments, the second linker comprises a (SGGS)n (SEQ ID NO: 606) motif, wherein n is 1. In some embodiments, the second linker comprises a SGGS(GGS)n (SEQ ID NO: 612) motif, wherein n is an integer between 1 and 30, inclusive. In some embodiments, the second linker comprises a SGGS(GGS)n (SEQ ID NO: 612) motif, wherein n is 2. In some embodiments, the third linker comprises comprises an amino acid sequence of 1-50 amino acids. In some embodiments, the third linker comprises an amino acid sequence of 1-40 amino acids. In some embodiments, the third linker comprises an amino acid sequence of 1-35 amino acids. In some embodiments, the third linker comprises an amino acid sequence of 1-30 amino acids. In some embodiments, the third linker comprises an amino acid sequence of 1-20 amino acids. In some embodiments, the third linker comprises an amino acid sequence of 2-20 amino acids. In some embodiments, the third linker comprises an amino acid sequence of 2-10 amino acids. In some embodiments, the third linker comprises an amino acid sequence of 10-20 amino acids. In some embodiments, the third linker comprises an amino acid sequence of 2, 4, or 6 amino acids. In some embodiments, the third linker comprises an amino acid sequence of 7, 9, or 11 amino acids. In some embodiments, the third linker comprises an amino acid sequence of 14, 16, or 18 amino acids. In some embodiments, the third linker comprises an amino acid sequence of 4 amino acids. In some embodiments, the third linker comprises an amino acid sequence of 9 amino acids. In some embodiments, the third linker comprises an amino acid sequence of 16 amino acids. In some embodiments, the third linker comprises a (SGGS)n (SEQ ID NO: 606) motif, wherein n is an integer between 1 and 30, inclusive. In some embodiments, the third linker comprises a (SGGS)n (SEQ ID NO: 606) motif, wherein n is 1. In some embodiments, the third linker comprises a SGGS(GGS)n (SEQ ID NO: 612)motif, wherein n is an integer between 1 and 30, inclusive. In some embodiments, the third linker comprises a SGGS(GGS)n (SEQ ID NO: 612) motif, wherein n is 2.
- In some embodiments, the fusion protein comprises the structure:
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- [deaminase]-[optional linker sequence]-[dCas9]-[optional linker sequence]-[first UGI]-[optional linker sequence]-[second UGI];
- [deaminase]-[optional linker sequence]-[Cas9 nickase]-[optional linker sequence]-[first UGI]-[optional linker sequence]-[second UGI]; or
- [deaminase]-[optional linker sequence]-[Cas9]-[optional linker sequence]-[first UGI]-[optional linker sequence]-[second UGI].
- In another aspect, the fusion protein comprises: (i) a Cas9 enzyme or domain; (ii) a nucleic acid-editing enzyme or domain (e.g., a second protein) (e.g., a cytidine deaminase domain); (iii) more than two uracil glycosylase inhibitor (UGI) domains.
- In some embodiments, the fusion proteins provided herein do not comprise a linker sequence. In some embodiments, one or both of the optional linker sequences are present. In some embodiments, one, two, or three of the optional linker sequences are present.
- In some embodiments, the “-” used in the general architecture above indicates the presence of an optional linker sequence. In some embodiments, the fusion proteins comprising a UGI further comprise a nuclear targeting sequence, for example a nuclear localization sequence. In some embodiments, fusion proteins provided herein further comprise a nuclear localization sequence (NLS). In some embodiments, the NLS is fused to the N-terminus of the fusion protein. In some embodiments, the NLS is fused to the C-terminus of the fusion protein. In some embodiments, the NLS is fused to the N-terminus of the UGI protein. In some embodiments, the NLS is fused to the C-terminus of the UGI protein. In some embodiments, the NLS is fused to the N-terminus of the Cas9 protein. In some embodiments, the NLS is fused to the C-terminus of the Cas9 protein. In some embodiments, the NLS is fused to the N-terminus of the deaminase. In some embodiments, the NLS is fused to the C-terminus of the deaminase. In some embodiments, the NLS is fused to the N-terminus of the second Cas9. In some embodiments, the NLS is fused to the C-terminus of the second Cas9. In some embodiments, the NLS is fused to the fusion protein via one or more linkers. In some embodiments, the NLS is fused to the fusioin protein without a linker. In some embodiments, the NLS comprises an amino acid sequence of any one of the NLS sequences provided or referenced herein. In some embodiments, the NLS comprises an amino acid sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 614 or SEQ ID NO: 615.
- In some embodiments, a UGI domain comprises a wild-type UGI or a UGI as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 134. In some embodiments, the UGI proteins provided herein include fragments of UGI and proteins homologous to a UGI or a UGI fragment. For example, in some embodiments, a UGI domain comprises a fragment of the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 134. In some embodiments, a UGI fragment comprises an amino acid sequence that comprises at least 60%, at least 65%, at least 70%, at least 75%, at least 80%, at least 85%, at least 90%, at least 95%, at least 96%, at least 97%, at least 98%, at least 99%, or at least 99.5% of the amino acid sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 134. In some embodiments, a UGI comprises an amino acid sequence homologous to the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 134 or an amino acid sequence homologous to a fragment of the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 134. In some embodiments, proteins comprising UGI or fragments of UGI or homologs of UGI or UGI fragments are referred to as “UGI variants.” A UGI variant shares homology to UGI, or a fragment thereof. For example a UGI variant is at least 70% identical, at least 75% identical, at least 80% identical, at least 85% identical, at least 90% identical, at least 95% identical, at least 96% identical, at least 97% identical, at least 98% identical, at least 99% identical, at least 99.5% identical, or at least 99.9% identical to a wild type UGI or a UGI as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 134. In some embodiments, the UGI variant comprises a fragment of UGI, such that the fragment is at least 70% identical, at least 80% identical, at least 90% identical, at least 95% identical, at least 96% identical, at least 97% identical, at least 98% identical, at least 99% identical, at least 99.5% identical, or at least 99.9% to the corresponding fragment of wild-type UGI or a UGI as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 134. In some embodiments, the UGI comprises the following amino acid sequence:
- >sp1P147391UNGI_BPPB2 Uracil-DNA glycosylase inhibitor
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(SEQ ID NO: 134) MTNLSDIIEKETGKQLVIQESILMLPEEVEEVIGNKPESDILVHTAYDES TDENVMLLTSDAPEYKPWALVIQDSNGENKIKML - Suitable UGI protein and nucleotide sequences are provided herein and additional suitable UGI sequences are known to those in the art, and include, for example, those published in Wang et al., Uracil-DNA glycosylase inhibitor gene of bacteriophage PBS2 encodes a binding protein specific for uracil-DNA glycosylase. J. Biol. Chem. 264:1163-1171(1989); Lundquist et al., Site-directed mutagenesis and characterization of uracil-DNA glycosylase inhibitor protein. Role of specific carboxylic amino acids in complex formation with Escherichia coli uracil-DNA glycosylase. J. Biol. Chem. 272:21408-21419(1997); Ravishankar et al., X-ray analysis of a complex of Escherichia coli uracil DNA glycosylase (EcUDG) with a proteinaceous inhibitor. The structure elucidation of a prokaryotic UDG. Nucleic Acids Res. 26:4880-4887(1998); and Putnam et al., Protein mimicry of DNA from crystal structures of the uracil-DNA glycosylase inhibitor protein and its complex with Escherichia coli uracil-DNA glycosylase. J. Mol. Biol. 287:331-346(1999), the entire contents of each are incorporated herein by reference.
- It should be appreciated that additional proteins may be uracil glycosylase inhibitors. For example, other proteins that are capable of inhibiting (e.g., sterically blocking) a uracil-DNA glycosylase base-excision repair enzyme are within the scope of this disclosure. Additionally, any proteins that block or inhibit base-excision repair as also within the scope of this disclosure. In some embodiments, the fusion proteins described herein comprise one UGI domain. In some embodiments, the fusion proteins described herein comprise more than one UGI domain. In some embodiments, the fusion proteins described herein comprise two UGI domains. In some embodiments, the fusion proteins described herein comprise more than two UGI domains. In some embodiments, a protein that binds DNA is used. In another embodiment, a substitute for UGI is used. In some embodiments, a uracil glycosylase inhibitor is a protein that binds single-stranded DNA. For example, a uracil glycosylase inhibitor may be a Erwinia tasmaniensis single-stranded binding protein. In some embodiments, the single-stranded binding protein comprises the amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO: 135). In some embodiments, a uracil glycosylase inhibitor is a protein that binds uracil. In some embodiments, a uracil glycosylase inhibitor is a protein that binds uracil in DNA. In some embodiments, a uracil glycosylase inhibitor is a catalytically inactive uracil DNA-glycosylase protein. In some embodiments, a uracil glycosylase inhibitor is a catalytically inactive uracil DNA-glycosylase protein that does not excise uracil from the DNA. For example, a uracil glycosylase inhibitor is a UdgX. In some embodiments, the UdgX comprises the amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO: 136). As another example, a uracil glycosylase inhibitor is a catalytically inactive UDG. In some embodiments, a catalytically inactive UDG comprises the amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO: 137). It should be appreciated that other uracil glycosylase inhibitors would be apparent to the skilled artisan and are within the scope of this disclosure. In some embodiments, a uracil glycosylase inhibitor is a protein that is homologous to any one of SEQ ID NOs: 135-137 or 143-148. In some embodiments, a uracil glycosylase inhibitor is a protein that is at least 50% identical, at least 55% identical at least 60% identical, at least 65% identical, at least 70% identical, at least 75% identical, at least 80% identical at least 85% identical, at least 90% identical, at least 95% identical, at least 96% identical, at least 98% identical, at least 99% identical, or at least 99.5% identical to any one of SEQ ID NOs: 135-137 or 143-148.
- Erwinia tasmaniensis SSB (themostable single-stranded DNA binding protein)
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(SEQ ID NO: 135) MASRGVNKVILVGNLGQDPEVRYMPNGGAVANITLATSESWRDKQTGETK EKTEWHRVVLFGKLAEVAGEYLRKGSQVYIEGALQTRKWTDQAGVEKYTT EVVVNVGGTMQMLGGRSQGGGASAGGQNGGSNNGWGQPQQPQGGNQFSGG AQQQARPQQQPQQNNAPANNEPPIDFDDDIP
UdgX (binds to Uracil in DNA but does not excise) -
(SEQ ID NO: 136) MAGAQDFVPHTADLAELAAAAGECRGCGLYRDATQAVFGAGGRSARIMMI GEQPGDKEDLAGLPFVGPAGRLLDRALEAADIDRDALYVTNAVKHFKFTR AAGGKRRIHKTPSRTEVVACRPWLIAEMTSVEPDVVVLLGATAAKALLGN DFRVTQHRGEVLHVDDVPGDPALVATVHPSSLLRGPKEERESAFAGLVDD LRVAADVRP
UDG (catalytically inactive human UDG, binds to Uracil in DNA but does not excise) -
(SEQ ID NO: 137) MIGQKTLYSFFSPSPARKRHAPSPEPAVQGTGVAGVPEESGDAAAIPAKK APAGQEEPGTPPSSPLSAEQLDRIQRNKAAALLRLAARNVPVGFGESWKK HLSGEFGKPYFIKLMGFVAEERKHYTVYPPPHQVFTWTQMCDIKDVKVVI LGQEPYHGPNQAHGLCFSVQRPVPPPPSLENIYKELSTDIEDFVHPGHGD LSGWAKQGVLLLNAVLTVRAHQANSHKERGWEQFTDAVVSWLNQNSNGLV FLLWGSYAQKKGSAIDRKRHHVLQTAHPSPLSVYRGFFGCRHFSKTNELL QKSGKKPIDWKEL - Additional single-stranded DNA binding proteins that can be used as a UGI are shown below. It should be appreciated that other single-stranded binding proteins may be used as a UGI, for example those described in Dickey T H, Altschuler S E, Wuttke D S. Single-stranded DNA-binding proteins:multiple domains for multiple functions. Structure. 2013 Jul. 2; 21(7):1074-84.
- doi: 10.1016/j.str.2013.05.013. Review.; Marceau A H. Functions of single-strand DNA-binding proteins in DNA replication, recombination, and repair. Methods Mol Biol. 2012; 922:1-21. doi:
10.1007/978-1-62703-032-8_1.; Mijakovic, Ivan, et al.; Bacterial single-stranded DNA-binding proteins are phosphorylated on tyrosine. Nucleic Acids Res 2006; 34 (5): 1588-1596. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkj514; Mumtsidu E, Makhov A M, Konarev P V, Svergun D I, Griffith J D, Tucker P A. Structural features of the single-stranded DNA-binding protein of Epstein-Barrvirus. J Struct Biol. 2008 February; 161(2):172-87. Epub 2007 Nov. 1; Nowak M, Olszewski M, Śpibida M, Kur J. Characterization of single-strandedDNA-binding proteins from the psychrophilic bacteria Desulfotalea psychrophila, Flavobacterium psychrophilum, Psychrobacter arcticus, Psychrobactercryohalolentis, Psychromonas ingrahamii, Psychroflexus torquis, and Photobacterium profundum. BMC Microbiol. 2014 Apr. 14; 14:91. doi: 10.1186/1471-2180-14-91; Tone T, Takeuchi A, Makino O. Single-stranded DNA binding protein Gp5 of Bacillus subtilis phage Φ29 is required for viral DNA replication in growth-temperature dependent fashion. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem. 2012; 76(12):2351-3. Epub 2012 Dec. 7; Wold. REPLICATION PROTEIN A:A Heterotrimeric, Single-Stranded DNA-Binding Protein Required for Eukaryotic DNA Metabolism. Annual Review of Biochem. 1997; 66:61-92. doi: 10.1146/annurev.biochem.66.1.61; Wu Y, Lu J, Kang T. Human single-stranded DNA binding proteins: guardians of genome stability. Acta Biochim Biophys Sin (Shanghai). 2016 July; 48(7):671-7. doi: 10.1093/abbs/gmw044. Epub 2016 May 23. Review; the entire contents of each are hereby incorporated by reference.
mtSSB—SSBP1 single stranded DNA binding protein 1 [Homo sapiens (human)] (UniProtKB: Q04837; NP_001243439.1) -
(SEQ ID NO: 138) MFRRPVLQVLRQFVRHESETTTSLVLERSLNRVHLLGRVGQDPVLRQVEG KNPVTIFSLATNEMWRSGDSEVYQLGDVSQKTTWHRISVFRPGLRDVAYQ YVKKGSRIYLEGKIDYGEYMDKNNVRRQATTIIADNIIFLSDQTKEKE
Single-stranded DNA-bindingprotein 3 isoform A [Mus musculus] (UniProtKB-Q9D032-1; NCBI Ref: NP_076161.2) -
(SEQ ID NO: 139) MFAKGKGSAVPSDGQAREKLALYVYEYLLHVGAQKSAQTFLSEIRWEKNI TLGEPPGFLHSWWCVFWDLYCAAPERRDTCEHSSEAKAFHDYSAAAAPSP VLGNIPPNDGMPGGPIPPGFFQGPPGSQPSPHAQPPPHNPSSMMGPHSQP FMSPRYAGGPRPPIRMGNQPPGGVPGTQPLLPNSMDPTRQQGHPNMGGSM QRMNPPRGMGPMGPGPQNYGSGMRPPPNSLGPAMPGINMGPGAGRPWPNP NSANSIPYSSSSPGTYVGPPGGGGPPGTPIMPSPADSTNSSDNIYTMINP VPPGGSRSNFPMGPGSDGPMGGMGGMEPHHMNGSLGSGDIDGLPKNSPNN ISGISNPPGTPRDDGELGGNFLHSFQNDNYSPSMTMSV
RPA 1—Replication protein A 70 kDa DNA-binding subunit (UniProtKB: P27694; NCBI Ref: NM_002945.3) -
(SEQ ID NO: 140) MVGQLSEGAIAAIMQKGDTNIKPILQVINIRPITTGNSPPRYRLLMSDGL NTLSSFMLATQLNPLVEEEQLSSNCVCQIHRFIVNTLKDGRRVVILMELE VLKSAEAVGVKIGNPVPYNEGLGQPQVAPPAPAASPAASSRPQPQNGSSG MGSTVSKAYGASKTFGKAAGPSLSHTSGGTQSKVVPIASLTPYQSKWTIC ARVTNKSQIRTWSNSRGEGKLFSLELVDESGEIRATAFNEQVDKFFPLIE VNKVYYFSKGTLKIANKQFTAVKNDYEMTFNNETSVMPCEDDHHLPTVQF DFTGIDDLENKSKDSLVDIIGICKSYEDATKITVRSNNREVAKRNIYLMD TSGKVVTATLWGEDADKFDGSRQPVLAIKGARVSDFGGRSLSVLSSSTII ANPDIPEAYKLRGWFDAEGQALDGVSISDLKSGGVGGSNTNWKTLYEVKS ENLGQGDKPDYFSSVATVVYLRKENCMYQACPTQDCNKKVIDQQNGLYRC EKCDTEFPNFKYRMILSVNIADFQENQWVTCFQESAEAILGQNAAYLGEL KDKNEQAFEEVFQNANFRSFIFRVRVKVETYNDESRIKATVMDVKPVDYR EYGRRLVMSIRRSALM
RPA 2—Replication protein A 32 kDa subunit (UniProtKB: P15927; NCBI Ref: NM_002946) -
(SEQ ID NO: 141) MWNSGFESYGSSSYGGAGGYTQSPGGFGSPAPSQAEKKSRARAQHIVPCT ISQLLSATLVDEVFRIGNVEISQVTIVGIIRHAEKAPTNIVYKIDDMTAA PMDVRQWVDTDDTSSENTVVPPETYVKVAGHLRSFQNKKSLVAFKIMPLE DMNEFTTHILEVINAHMVLSKANSQPSAGRAPISNPGMSEAGNFGGNSFM PANGLTVAQNQVLNLIKACPRPEGLNFQDLKNQLKHMSVSSIKQAVDFLS NEGHIYSTVDDDHFKSTDAE
RPA 3—Replication protein A 14 kDa subunit (UniProtKB: P35244; NCBI Ref: NM_002947.4) -
(SEQ ID NO: 142) MVDMMDLPRSRINAGMLAQFIDKPVCFVGRLEKIHPTGKMFILSDGEGKN GTIELMEPLDEEISGIVEVVGRVTAKATILCTSYVQFKEDSHPFDLGLYN EAVKIIHDFPQFYPLGIVQHD - ssbA—single-stranded DNA-binding protein [Bacillus subtilis subsp. subtilis str. 168] (UniProtKB: P37455; NCBI Ref:)
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(SEQ ID NO: 143) MLNRVVLVGRLTKDPELRYTPNGAAVATFTLAVNRTFTNQSGEREADFIN CVTWRRQAENVANFLKKGSLAGVDGRLQTRNYENQQGQRVFVTEVQAESV QFLEPKNGGGSGSGGYNEGNSGGGQYFGGGQNDNPFGGNQNNQRRNQGNS FNDDPFANDGKPIDISDDDLPF
Single-stranded DNA-binding protein 2 [Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2)] (UniProtKB: Q9X8U3; NCBI Ref: NP_628093.1) -
(SEQ ID NO: 144) MAGETVITVVGNLVDDPELRFTPSGAAVAKFRVASTPRTFDRQTNEWKDG ESLFLTCSVWRQAAENVAESLQRGMRVIVQGRLKQRSYEDREGVKRTVYE LDVDEVGASLRSATAKVTKTSGQGRGGQGGYGGGGGGQGGGGWGGGPGGG QQGGGAPADDPWATGGAPAGGQQGGGGQGGGGWGGGSGGGGGYSDEPPF
Single-stranded DNA-binding protein [Streptococcus pneumoniae R6] (UniProtKB: P66855; NCBI Ref: NP_358988.1) -
(SEQ ID NO: 145) MINNVVLVGRMTRDAELRYTPSNVAVATFTLAVNRTFKSQNGEREADFIN VVMWRQQAENLANWAKKGSLIGVTGRIQTRSYDNQQGQRVYVTEVVAENF QMLESRSVREGHTGGAYSAPTANYSAPTNSVPDFSRNENPFGATNPLDIS DDDLPF - Single-Stranded DNA-Binding Protein [Human Alphaherpesvirus 1] (UniProtKB: P04296; NCBI Ref: YP_009137104.1)
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(SEQ ID NO: 146) METKPKTATTIKVPPGPLGYVYARACPSEGIELLALLSARSGDSDVAVAP LVVGLTVESGFEANVAVVVGSRTTGLGGTAVSLKLTPSHYSSSVYVFHGG RHLDPSTQAPNLTRLCERARRHFGFSDYTPRPGDLKHETTGEALCERLGL DPDRALLYLVVTEGFKEAVCINNTFLHLGGSDKVTIGGAEVHRIPVYPLQ LFMPDFSRVIAEPFNANHRSIGENFTYPLPFFNRPLNRLLFEAVVGPAAV ALRCRNVDAVARAAAHLAFDENHEGAALPADITFTAFEASQGKTPRGGRD GGGKGPAGGFEQRLASVMAGDAALALESIVSMAVFDEPPTDISAWPLFEG QDTAAARANAVGAYLARAAGLVGAMVFSTNSALHLTEVDDAGPADPKDHS KPSFYRFFLVPGTHVAANPQVDREGHVVPGFEGRPTAPLVGGTQEFAGEH LAMLCGFSPALLAKMLFYLERCDGGVIVGRQEMDVFRYVADSNQTDVPCN LCTFDTRHACVHTTLMRLRARHPKFASAARGAIGVFGTMNSMYSDCDVLG NYAAFSALKRADGSETARTIMQETYRAATERVMAELETLQYVDQAVPTAM GRLETIITNREALHTVVNNVRQVVDREVEQLMRNLVEGRNFKFRDGLGEA NHAMSLTLDPYACGPCPLLQLLGRRSNLAVYQDLALSQCHGVFAGQSVEG RNFRNQFQPVLRRRVMDMFNNGFLSAKTLTVALSEGAAICAPSLTAGQTA PAESSFEGDVARVTLGFPKELRVKSRVLFAGASANASEAAKARVASLQSA YQKPDKRVDILLGPLGFLLKQFHAAIFPNGKPPGSNQPNPQWFWTALQRN QLPARLLSREDIETIAFIKKFSLDYGAINFINLAPNNVSELAMYYMANQI LRYCDHSTYFINTLTAIIAGSRRPPSVQAAAAWSAQGGAGLEAGARALMD AVDAHPGAWTSMFASCNLLRPVMAARPMVVLGLSISKYYGMAGNDRVFQA GNWASLMGGKNACPLLIFDRTRKFVLACPRAGFVCAASSLGGGAHESSLC EQLRGIISEGGAAVASSVFVATVKSLGPRTQQLQIEDWLALLEDEYLSEE MMELTARALERGNGEWSTDAALEVAHEAEALVSQLGNAGEVFNFGDFGCE DDNATPFGGPGAPGPAFAGRKRAFHGDDPFGEGPPDKKGDLTLDML
Single-stranded DNA-binding protein from Bacillus virus phi29 (UniProtKB: Q38504.1; NCBI Ref: YP_002004532.1) -
(SEQ ID NO: 147) MENTNIVKATFDTETLEGQIKIFNAQTGGGQSFKNLPDGTIIEANAIAQY KQVSDTYGDAKEETVTTIFAADGSLYSAISKTVAEAASDLIDLVTRHKLE TFKVKVVQGTSSKGNVFFSLQLSL
Single stranded DNA binding protein [Burkholderia virus DC1] (UniProtKB: I6NRL7; NCBI Ref: YP_006589943.1) -
(SEQ ID NO: 148) MASVNKVILVGNLGADPETRYLPSGDAISNIRLATTDRYKDKASGEMKES TEWHRVSFFGRLAEIVDEYLRKGAPVYIEGRIRTRKWQDNAGQDRYTTEI VAEKMQMLGDRRDGGERQQRAPQQQQQRTQRNGYADATGRAQPSQRPAAG GGFDEMDDDIPF - In some embodiments, the nucleic acid editing domain is a deaminase domain. In some embodiments, the deaminase is a cytosine deaminase or a cytidine deaminase. In some embodiments, the deaminase is an apolipoprotein B mRNA-editing complex (APOBEC) family deaminase. In some embodiments, the deaminase is an APOBEC1 deaminase. In some embodiments, the deaminase is an APOBEC2 deaminase. In some embodiments, the deaminase is an APOBEC3 deaminase. In some embodiments, the deaminase is an APOBEC3A deaminase. In some embodiments, the deaminase is an APOBEC3B deaminase. In some embodiments, the deaminase is an APOBEC3C deaminase. In some embodiments, the deaminase is an APOBEC3D deaminase. In some embodiments, the deaminase is an APOBEC3E deaminase. In some embodiments, the deaminase is an APOBEC3F deaminase. In some embodiments, the deaminase is an APOBEC3G deaminase. In some embodiments, the deaminase is an APOBEC3H deaminase. In some embodiments, the deaminase is an APOBEC4 deaminase. In some embodiments, the deaminase is an activation-induced deaminase (AID). In some embodiments, the demianse is a rat APOBEC1 (SEQ ID NO: 74). In some embodiments, the deminase is a human APOBEC1 (SEQ ID No: 76). In some embodiments, the deaminase is a Petromyzon marinus cytidine deaminase 1 (pmCDA1). In some embodiments, the deminase is a human APOBEC3G (SEQ ID NO: 60). In some embodiments, the deaminase is a fragment of the human APOBEC3G (SEQ ID NO: 83). In some embodiments, the deaminase is a human APOBEC3G variant comprising a D316R_D317R mutation (SEQ ID NO: 82). In some embodiments, the deaminase is a frantment of the human APOBEC3G and comprising mutations corresponding to the D316R_D317R mutations in SEQ ID NO: 60 (SEQ ID NO: 84).
- In some embodiments, the linker comprises a (GGGS)n (SEQ ID NO: 613), (GGGGS)n (SEQ ID NO: 607), a (G)n (SEQ ID NO: 608), an (EAAAK)n (SEQ ID NO: 609), a (GGS)n (SEQ ID NO: 610), an SGSETPGTSESATPES (SEQ ID NO: 604), or an (XP)n (SEQ ID NO: 611) motif, or a combination of any of these, wherein n is independently an integer between 1 and 30.
- Suitable UGI protein and nucleotide sequences are provided herein and additional suitable UGI sequences are known to those in the art, and include, for example, those published in Wang et al., Uracil-DNA glycosylase inhibitor gene of bacteriophage PBS2 encodes a binding protein specific for uracil-DNA glycosylase. J. Biol. Chem. 264:1163-1171(1989); Lundquist et al., Site-directed mutagenesis and characterization of uracil-DNA glycosylase inhibitor protein. Role of specific carboxylic amino acids in complex formation with Escherichia coli uracil-DNA glycosylase. J. Biol. Chem. 272:21408-21419(1997); Ravishankar et al., X-ray analysis of a complex of Escherichia coli uracil DNA glycosylase (EcUDG) with a proteinaceous inhibitor. The structure elucidation of a prokaryotic UDG. Nucleic Acids Res. 26:4880-4887(1998); and Putnam et al., Protein mimicry of DNA from crystal structures of the uracil-DNA glycosylase inhibitor protein and its complex with Escherichia coli uracil-DNA glycosylase. J. Mol. Biol. 287:331-346(1999), the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference. In some embodiments, the optional linker comprises a (GGS)n (SEQ ID NO: 610) motif, wherein n is 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 19, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, or 20. In some embodiments, the optional linker comprises a (GGS)n (SEQ ID NO: 610) motif, wherein n is 1, 3, or 7. In some embodiments, the optional linker comprises the amino acid sequence SGSETPGTSESATPES (SEQ ID NO: 604), which is also referred to as the XTEN linker in the Examples.
- In some embodiments, a Cas9 nickase may further facilitate the removal of a base on the non-edited strand in an organism whose genome is edited in vivo. The Cas9 nickase, as described herein, may comprise a D10A mutation in SEQ ID NO: 6, or a corresponding mutation in any Cas9 protein, such as any one of the Cas9 amino acid sequences as provided herein. In some embodiments, the Cas9 nickase of this disclosure may comprise a histidine at mutation 840 of SEQ ID NO: 6, or a corresponding residue in any Cas9 protein, such as any one of the Cas9 amino acid sequences as provided herein. Such fusion proteins comprising the Cas9 nickase, can cleave a single strand of the target DNA sequence, e.g., the strand that is not being edited. Without wishing to be bound by any particular theory, this cleavage may inhibit mis-match repair mechanisms that reverse a C to U edit made by the deaminase.
- Cas9 Complexes with Guide RNAs
- Some aspects of this disclosure provide complexes comprising any of the fusion proteins provided herein, and a guide RNA bound to a Cas9 domain (e.g., a dCas9, a nuclease active Cas9, or a Cas9 nickase) of fusion protein.
- In some embodiments, the guide RNA is from 15-100 nucleotides long and comprises a sequence of at least 10 contiguous nucleotides that is complementary to a target sequence. In some embodiments, the guide RNA is 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, or 50 nucleotides long. In some embodiments, the guide RNA comprises a sequence of 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, or 40 contiguous nucleotides that is complementary to a target sequence. In some embodiments, the target sequence is a DNA sequence. In some embodiments, the target sequence is a sequence in the genome of a mammal. In some embodiments, the target sequence is a sequence in the genome of a human. In some embodiments, the 3′ end of the target sequence is immediately adjacent to a canonical PAM sequence (NGG). In some embodiments, the guide RNA is complementary to a sequence associated with a disease or disorder.
- Some aspects of this disclosure provide methods of using the Cas9 proteins, fusion proteins, or complexes provided herein. For example, some aspects of this disclosure provide methods comprising contacting a DNA molecule (a) with any of the the Cas9 proteins or fusion proteins provided herein, and with at least one guide RNA, wherein the guide RNA is about 15-100 nucleotides long and comprises a sequence of at least 10 contiguous nucleotides that is complementary to a target sequence; or (b) with a Cas9 protein, a Cas9 fusion protein, or a Cas9 protein or fusion protein complex with at least one gRNA as provided herein. In some embodiments, the 3′ end of the target sequence is not immediately adjacent to a canonical PAM sequence (NGG). In some embodiments, the 3′ end of the target sequence is immediately adjacent to an AGC, GAG, TTT, GTG, or CAA sequence.
- In some embodiments, the target DNA sequence comprises a sequence associated with a disease or disorder. In some embodiments, the target DNA sequence comprises a point mutation associated with a disease or disorder. In some embodiments, the activity of the Cas9 protein, the Cas9 fusion protein, or the complex results in a correction of the point mutation. In some embodiments, the target DNA sequence comprises a T→C point mutation associated with a disease or disorder, and wherein the deamination of the mutant C base results in a sequence that is not associated with a disease or disorder. In some embodiments, the target DNA sequence encodes a protein and wherein the point mutation is in a codon and results in a change in the amino acid encoded by the mutant codon as compared to the wild-type codon. In some embodiments, the deamination of the mutant C results in a change of the amino acid encoded by the mutant codon. In some embodiments, the deamination of the mutant C results in the codon encoding the wild-type amino acid. In some embodiments, the contacting is in vivo in a subject. In some embodiments, the subject has or has been diagnosed with a disease or disorder. In some embodiments, the disease or disorder is cystic fibrosis, phenylketonuria, epidermolytic hyperkeratosis (EHK), Charcot-Marie-Toot disease type 4J, neuroblastoma (NB), von Willebrand disease (vWD), myotonia congenital, hereditary renal amyloidosis, dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM), hereditary lymphedema, familial Alzheimer's disease, HIV, Prion disease, chronic infantile neurologic cutaneous articular syndrome (CINCA), desmin-related myopathy (DRM), a neoplastic disease associated with a mutant PI3KCA protein, a mutant CTNNB1 protein, a mutant HRAS protein, or a mutant p53 protein.
- Some embodiments provide methods for using the Cas9 DNA editing fusion proteins provided herein. In some embodiments, the fusion protein is used to introduce a point mutation into a nucleic acid by deaminating a target nucleobase, e.g., a C residue. In some embodiments, the deamination of the target nucleobase results in the correction of a genetic defect, e.g., in the correction of a point mutation that leads to a loss of function in a gene product. In some embodiments, the genetic defect is associated with a disease or disorder, e.g., a lysosomal storage disorder or a metabolic disease, such as, for example, type I diabetes. In some embodiments, the methods provided herein are used to introduce a deactivating point mutation into a gene or allele that encodes a gene product that is associated with a disease or disorder. For example, in some embodiments, methods are provided herein that employ a Cas9 DNA editing fusion protein to introduce a deactivating point mutation into an oncogene (e.g., in the treatment of a proliferative disease). A deactivating mutation may, in some embodiments, generate a premature stop codon in a coding sequence, which results in the expression of a truncated gene product, e.g., a truncated protein lacking the function of the full-length protein.
- In some embodiments, the purpose of the methods provide herein is to restore the function of a dysfunctional gene via genome editing. The Cas9 deaminase fusion proteins provided herein can be validated for gene editing-based human therapeutics in vitro, e.g., by correcting a disease-associated mutation in human cell culture. It will be understood by the skilled artisan that the fusion proteins provided herein, e.g., the fusion proteins comprising a Cas9 domain and a nucleic acid deaminase domain can be used to correct any single point T->C or A->G mutation. In the first case, deamination of the mutant C back to U corrects the mutation, and in the latter case, deamination of the C that is base-paired with the mutant G, followed by a round of replication, corrects the mutation.
- An exemplary disease-relevant mutation that can be corrected by the provided fusion proteins in vitro or in vivo is the H1047R (A3140G) polymorphism in the PI3KCA protein. The phosphoinositide-3-kinase, catalytic alpha subunit (PI3KCA) protein acts to phosphorylate the 3-OH group of the inositol ring of phosphatidylinositol. The PI3KCA gene has been found to be mutated in many different carcinomas, and thus it is considered to be a potent oncogene.37 In fact, the A3140G mutation is present in several NCI-60 cancer cell lines, such as, for example, the HCT116, SKOV3, and T47D cell lines, which are readily available from the American Type Culture Collection (ATCC).38
- In some embodiments, a cell carrying a mutation to be corrected, e.g., a cell carrying a point mutation, e.g., an A3140G point mutation in
exon 20 of the PI3KCA gene, resulting in a H1047R substitution in the PI3KCA protein, is contacted with an expression construct encoding a Cas9 deaminase fusion protein and an appropriately designed sgRNA targeting the fusion protein to the respective mutation site in the encoding PI3KCA gene. Control experiments can be performed where the sgRNAs are designed to target the fusion enzymes to non-C residues that are within the PI3KCA gene. Genomic DNA of the treated cells can be extracted, and the relevant sequence of the PI3KCA genes PCR amplified and sequenced to assess the activities of the fusion proteins in human cell culture. - It will be understood that the example of correcting point mutations in PI3KCA is provided for illustration purposes and is not meant to limit the instant disclosure. The skilled artisan will understand that the instantly disclosed DNA-editing fusion proteins can be used to correct other point mutations and mutations associated with other cancers and with diseases other than cancer including other proliferative diseases.
- The successful correction of point mutations in disease-associated genes and alleles opens up new strategies for gene correction with applications in therapeutics and basic research. Site-specific single-base modification systems like the disclosed fusions of Cas9 and deaminase enzymes or domains also have applications in “reverse” gene therapy, where certain gene functions are purposely suppressed or abolished. In these cases, site-specifically mutating Trp (TGG), Gln (CAA and CAG), or Arg (CGA) residues to premature stop codons (TAA, TAG, TGA) can be used to abolish protein function in vitro, ex vivo, or in vivo.
- The instant disclosure provides methods for the treatment of a subject diagnosed with a disease associated with or caused by a point mutation that can be corrected by a Cas9 DNA editing fusion protein provided herein. For example, in some embodiments, a method is provided that comprises administering to a subject having such a disease, e.g., a cancer associated with a PI3KCA point mutation as described above, an effective amount of a Cas9 deaminase fusion protein that corrects the point mutation or introduces a deactivating mutation into the disease-associated gene. In some embodiments, the disease is a proliferative disease. In some embodiments, the disease is a genetic disease. In some embodiments, the disease is a neoplastic disease. In some embodiments, the disease is a metabolic disease. In some embodiments, the disease is a lysosomal storage disease. Other diseases that can be treated by correcting a point mutation or introducing a deactivating mutation into a disease-associated gene will be known to those of skill in the art, and the disclosure is not limited in this respect.
- The instant disclosure provides methods for the treatment of additional diseases or disorders, e.g., diseases or disorders that are associated or caused by a point mutation that can be corrected by deaminase-mediated gene editing. Some such diseases are described herein, and additional suitable diseases that can be treated with the strategies and fusion proteins provided herein will be apparent to those of skill in the art based on the instant disclosure. Exemplary suitable diseases and disorders are listed below. It will be understood that the numbering of the specific positions or residues in the respective sequences depends on the particular protein and numbering scheme used. Numbering might be different, e.g., in precursors of a mature protein and the mature protein itself, and differences in sequences from species to species may affect numbering. One of skill in the art will be able to identify the respective residue in any homologous protein and in the respective encoding nucleic acid by methods well known in the art, e.g., by sequence alignment and determination of homologous residues. Exemplary suitable diseases and disorders include, without limitation, cystic fibrosis (see, e.g., Schwank et al., Functional repair of CFTR by CRISPR/Cas9 in intestinal stem cell organoids of cystic fibrosis patients. Cell stem cell. 2013; 13: 653-658; and Wu et. al., Correction of a genetic disease in mouse via use of CRISPR-Cas9. Cell stem cell. 2013; 13: 659-662, neither of which uses a deaminase fusion protein to correct the genetic defect); phenylketonuria—e.g., phenylalanine to serine mutation at position 835 (mouse) or 240 (human) or a homologous residue in phenylalanine hydroxylase gene (T>C mutation)—see, e.g., McDonald et al., Genomics. 1997; 39:402-405; Bernard-Soulier syndrome (BSS)—e.g., phenylalanine to serine mutation at position 55 or a homologous residue, or cysteine to arginine at residue 24 or a homologous residue in the platelet membrane glycoprotein IX (T>C mutation)—see, e.g., Noris et al., British Journal of Haematology. 1997; 97: 312-320, and Ali et al., Hematol. 2014; 93: 381-384; epidermolytic hyperkeratosis (EHK)—e.g., leucine to proline mutation at position 160 or 161 (if counting the initiator methionine) or a homologous residue in keratin 1 (T>C mutation)—see, e.g., Chipev et al., Cell. 1992; 70: 821-828, see also accession number P04264 in the UNIPROT database at www[dot]uniprot[dot]org; chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)—e.g., leucine to proline mutation at position 54 or 55 (if counting the initiator methionine) or a homologous residue in the processed form of α1-antitrypsin or residue 78 in the unprocessed form or a homologous residue (T>C mutation)—see, e.g., Poller et al., Genomics. 1993; 17: 740-743, see also accession number P01011 in the UNIPROT database; Charcot-Marie-Toot disease type 4J—e.g., isoleucine to threonine mutation at position 41 or a homologous residue in
FIG. 4 (T>C mutation)—see, e.g., Lenk et al., PLoS Genetics. 2011; 7: e1002104; neuroblastoma (NB)—e.g., leucine to proline mutation at position 197 or a homologous residue in Caspase-9 (T>C mutation)—see, e.g., Kundu et al., 3 Biotech. 2013, 3:225-234; von Willebrand disease (vWD)—e.g., cysteine to arginine mutation at position 509 or a homologous residue in the processed form of von Willebrand factor, or at position 1272 or a homologous residue in the unprocessed form of von Willebrand factor (T>C mutation)—see, e.g., Lavergne et al., Br. J. Haematol. 1992, see also accession number P04275 in the UNIPROT database; 82: 66-72; myotonia congenital—e.g., cysteine to arginine mutation at position 277 or a homologous residue in the muscle chloride channel gene CLCN1 (T>C mutation)—see, e.g., Weinberger et al., The J. of Physiology. 2012; 590: 3449-3464; hereditary renal amyloidosis—e.g., stop codon to arginine mutation at position 78 or a homologous residue in the processed form of apolipoprotein AII or at position 101 or a homologous residue in the unprocessed form (T>C mutation)—see, e.g., Yazaki et al., Kidney Int. 2003; 64: 11-16; dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM)—e.g., tryptophan to Arginine mutation at position 148 or a homologous residue in the FOXD4 gene (T>C mutation), see, e.g., Minoretti et. al., Int. J. of Mol. Med. 2007; 19: 369-372; hereditary lymphedema—e.g., histidine to arginine mutation at position 1035 or a homologous residue in VEGFR3 tyrosine kinase (A>G mutation), see, e.g., Irrthum et al., Am. J. Hum. Genet. 2000; 67: 295-301; familial Alzheimer's disease—e.g., isoleucine to valine mutation atposition 143 or a homologous residue in presenilinl (A>G mutation), see, e.g., Gallo et. al., J. Alzheimer's disease. 2011; 25: 425-431; Prion disease—e.g., methionine to valine mutation at position 129 or a homologous residue in prion protein (A>G mutation)—see, e.g., Lewis et. al., J. of General Virology. 2006; 87: 2443-2449; chronic infantile neurologic cutaneous articular syndrome (CINCA)—e.g., Tyrosine to Cysteine mutation at position 570 or a homologous residue in cryopyrin (A>G mutation)—see, e.g., Fujisawa et. al. Blood. 2007; 109: 2903-2911; and desmin-related myopathy (DRM)—e.g., arginine to glycine mutation atposition 120 or a homologous residue in αβ crystallin (A>G mutation)—see, e.g., Kumar et al., J. Biol. Chem. 1999; 274: 24137-24141. The entire contents of all references and database entries is incorporated herein by reference. - It will be apparent to those of skill in the art that in order to target a Cas9:nucleic acid editing enzyme/domain fusion protein as disclosed herein to a target site, e.g., a site comprising a point mutation to be edited, it is typically necessary to co-express the Cas9:nucleic acid editing enzyme/domain fusion protein together with a guide RNA, e.g., an sgRNA. As explained in more detail elsewhere herein, a guide RNA typically comprises a tracrRNA framework allowing for Cas9 binding, and a guide sequence, which confers sequence specificity to the Cas9:nucleic acid editing enzyme/domain fusion protein. In some embodiments, the guide RNA comprises a
structure 5′-[guide sequence]-guuuuagagcuagaaauagcaaguuaaaauaaggcuaguccguuaucaacuugaaaaaguggcaccgagucggugcuuuu u-3′ (SEQ ID NO: 618), wherein the guide sequence comprises a sequence that is complementary to the target sequence. The guide sequence is typically 20 nucleotides long. The sequences of suitable guide RNAs for targeting Cas9:nucleic acid editing enzyme/domain fusion proteins to specific genomic target sites will be apparent to those of skill in the art based on the instant disclosure. Such suitable guide RNA sequences typically comprise guide sequences that are complementary to a nucleic sequence within 50 nucleotides upstream or downstream of the target nucleotide to be edited. Some exemplary guide RNA sequences suitable for targeting Cas9:nucleic acid editing enzyme/domain fusion proteins to specific target sequences are provided below. - Some aspects of the disclosure are based on the recognition that any of the base editors provided herein are capable of modifying a specific nucleotide base without generating a significant proportion of indels. An “indel”, as used herein, refers to the insertion or deletion of a nucleotide base within a nucleic acid. Such insertions or deletions can lead to frame shift mutations within a coding region of a gene. In some embodiments, it is desirable to generate base editors that efficiently modify (e.g. mutate or deaminate) a specific nucleotide within a nucleic acid, without generating a large number of insertions or deletions (i.e., indels) in the nucleic acid. In certain embodiments, any of the base editors provided herein are capable of generating a greater proportion of intended modifications (e.g., point mutations or deaminations) versus indels. In some embodiments, the base editors provided herein are capable of generating a ratio of intended point mutations to indels that is greater than 1:1. In some embodiments, the base editors provided herein are capable of generating a ratio of intended point mutations to indels that is at least 1.5:1, at least 2:1, at least 2.5:1, at least 3:1, at least 3.5:1, at least 4:1, at least 4.5:1, at least 5:1, at least 5.5:1, at least 6:1, at least 6.5:1, at least 7:1, at least 7.5:1, at least 8:1, at least 10:1, at least 12:1, at least 15:1, at least 20:1, at least 25:1, at least 30:1, at least 40:1, at least 50:1, at least 100:1, at least 200:1, at least 300:1, at least 400:1, at least 500:1, at least 600:1, at least 700:1, at least 800:1, at least 900:1, or at least 1000:1, or more. The number of intended mutations and indels may be determined using any suitable method, for example the methods used in the below Examples.
- In some embodiments, the base editors provided herein are capable of limiting formation of indels in a region of a nucleic acid. In some embodiments, the region is at a nucleotide targeted by a base editor or a region within 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, or 10 nucleotides of a nucleotide targeted by a base editor. In some embodiments, any of the base editors provided herein are capable of limiting the formation of indels at a region of a nucleic acid to less than 1%, less than 1.5%, less than 2%, less than 2.5%, less than 3%, less than 3.5%, less than 4%, less than 4.5%, less than 5%, less than 6%, less than 7%, less than 8%, less than 9%, less than 10%, less than 12%, less than 15%, or less than 20%. The number of indels formed at a nucleic acid region may depend on the amount of time a nucleic acid (e.g., a nucleic acid within the genome of a cell) is exposed to a base editor. In some embodiments, an number or proportion of indels is determined after at least 1 hour, at least 2 hours, at least 6 hours, at least 12 hours, at least 24 hours, at least 36 hours, at least 48 hours, at least 3 days, at least 4 days, at least 5 days, at least 7 days, at least 10 days, or at least 14 days of exposing a nucleic acid (e.g., a nucleic acid within the genome of a cell) to a base editor.
- Some aspects of the disclosure are based on the recognition that any of the base editors provided herein are capable of efficiently generating an intended mutation, such as a point mutation, in a nucleic acid (e.g. a nucleic acid within a genome of a subject) without generating a significant number of unintended mutations, such as unintended point mutations. In some embodiments, a intended mutation is a mutation that is generated by a specific base editor bound to a gRNA, specifically designed to generate the intended mutation. In some embodiments, the intended mutation is a mutation associated with a disease or disorder. In some embodiments, the intended mutation is a cytosine (C) to thymine (T) point mutation associated with a disease or disorder. In some embodiments, the intended mutation is a guanine (G) to adenine (A) point mutation associated with a disease or disorder. In some embodiments, the intended mutation is a cytosine (C) to thymine (T) point mutation within the coding region of a gene. In some embodiments, the intended mutation is a guanine (G) to adenine (A) point mutation within the coding region of a gene. In some embodiments, the intended mutation is a point mutation that generates a stop codon, for example, a premature stop codon within the coding region of a gene. In some embodiments, the intended mutation is a mutation that eliminates a stop codon. In some embodiments, the intended mutation is a mutation that alters the splicing of a gene. In some embodiments, the intended mutation is a mutation that alters the regulatory sequence of a gene (e.g., a gene promotor or gene repressor). In some embodiments, any of the base editors provided herein are capable of generating a ratio of intended mutations to unintended mutations (e.g., intended point mutations:unintended point mutations) that is greater than 1:1. In some embodiments, any of the base editors provided herein are capable of generating a ratio of intended mutations to unintended mutations (e.g., intended point mutations:unintended point mutations) that is at least 1.5:1, at least 2:1, at least 2.5:1, at least 3:1, at least 3.5:1, at least 4:1, at least 4.5:1, at least 5:1, at least 5.5:1, at least 6:1, at least 6.5:1, at least 7:1, at least 7.5:1, at least 8:1, at least 10:1, at least 12:1, at least 15:1, at least 20:1, at least 25:1, at least 30:1, at least 40:1, at least 50:1, at least 100:1, at least 150:1, at least 200:1, at least 250:1, at least 500:1, or at least 1000:1, or more. It should be appreciated that the characterstics of the base editors described in the “Base Editor Efficiency” section, herein, may be applied to any of the fusion proteins, or methods of using the fusion proteins provided herein.
- Some aspects of the disclosure provide methods for editing a nucleic acid. In some embodiments, the method is a method for editing a nucleobase of a nucleic acid (e.g., a base pair of a double-stranded DNA sequence). In some embodiments, the method comprises the steps of: a) contacting a target region of a nucleic acid (e.g., a double-stranded DNA sequence) with a complex comprising a base editor (e.g., a Cas9 domain fused to a cytidine deaminase domain) and a guide nucleic acid (e.g., gRNA), wherein the target region comprises a targeted nucleobase pair, b) inducing strand separation of said target region, c) converting a first nucleobase of said target nucleobase pair in a single strand of the target region to a second nucleobase, and d) cutting no more than one strand of said target region, where a third nucleobase complementary to the first nucleobase base is replaced by a fourth nucleobase complementary to the second nucleobase; and the method results in less than 20% indel formation in the nucleic acid. It should be appreciated that in some embodiments, step b is omitted. In some embodiments, the first nucleobase is a cytosine. In some embodiments, the second nucleobase is a deaminated cytosine, or a uracil. In some embodiments, the third nucleobase is a guanine. In some embodiments, the fourth nucleobase is an adenine. In some embodiments, the first nucleobase is a cytosine, the second nucleobase is a deaminated cytosine, or a uracil, the third nucleobase is a guanine, and the fourth nucleobase is an adenine. In some embodiments, the method results in less than 19%, 18%, 16%, 14%, 12%, 10%, 8%, 6%, 4%, 2%, 1%, 0.5%, 0.2%, or less than 0.1% indel formation. In some embodiments, the method further comprises replacing the second nucleobase with a fifth nucleobase that is complementary to the fourth nucleobase, thereby generating an intended edited base pair (e.g., C:G->T:A). In some embodiments, the fifth nucleobase is a thymine. In some embodiments, at least 5% of the intended basepaires are edited. In some embodiments, at least 10%, 15%, 20%, 25%, 30%, 35%, 40%, 45%, or 50% of the intended basepaires are edited.
- In some embodiments, the ratio of intended products to unintended products in the target nucleotide is at least 2:1, 5:1, 10:1, 20:1, 30:1, 40:1, 50:1, 60:1, 70:1, 80:1, 90:1, 100:1, or 200:1, or more. In some embodiments, the ratio of intended point mutation to indel formation is greater than 1:1, 10:1, 50:1, 100:1, 500:1, or 1000:1, or more. In some embodiments, the cut single strand (nicked strand) is hybridized to the guide nucleic acid. In some embodiments, the cut single strand is opposite to the strand comprising the first nucleobase. In some embodiments, the base editor comprises a Cas9 domain. In some embodiments, the first base is cytosine, and the second base is not a G, C, A, or T. In some embodiments, the second base is uracil. In some embodiments, the first base is cytosine. In some embodiments, the second base is not a G, C, A, or T. In some embodiments, the second base is uracil. In some embodiments, the base editor inhibits base escision repair of the edited strand. In some embodiments, the base editor protects or binds the non-edited strand. In some embodiments, the base editor comprises UGI activity. In some embodiments, the base editor comprises nickase activity. In some embodiments, the intended edited basepair is upstream of a PAM site. In some embodiments, the intended edited base pair is 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, or 20 nucleotides upstream of the PAM site. In some embodiments, the intended edited basepair is downstream of a PAM site. In some embodiments, the intended edited base pair is 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, or 20 nucleotides downstream stream of the PAM site. In some embodiments, the method does not require a canonical (e.g., NGG) PAM site. In some embodiments, the nucleobase editor comprises a linker. In some embodiments, the linker is 1-25 amino acids in length. In some embodiments, the linker is 5-20 amino acids in length. In some embodiments, linker is 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, or 20 amino acids in length. In some embodiments, the target region comprises a target window, wherein the target window comprises the target nucleobase pair. In some embodiments, the target window comprises 1-10 nucleotides. In some embodiments, the target window is 1-9, 1-8, 1-7, 1-6, 1-5, 1-4, 1-3, 1-2, or 1 nucleotides in length. In some embodiments, the target window is 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, or 20 nucleotides in length. In some embodiments, the intended edited base pair is within the target window. In some embodiments, the target window comprises the intended edited base pair. In some embodiments, the method is performed using any of the base editors provided herein. In some embodiments, a target windo is a deamination window
- In some embodiments, the disclosure provides methods for editing a nucleotide. In some embodiments, the disclosure provides a method for editing a nucleobase pair of a double-stranded DNA sequence. In some embodiments, the method comprises a) contacting a target region of the double-stranded DNA sequence with a complex comprising a base editor and a guide nucleic acid (e.g., gRNA), where the target region comprises a target nucleobase pair, b) inducing strand separation of said target region, c) converting a first nucleobase of said target nucleobase pair in a single strand of the target region to a second nucleobase, d) cutting no more than one strand of said target region, wherein a third nucleobase complementary to the first nucleobase base is replaced by a fourth nucleobase complementary to the second nucleobase, and the second nucleobase is replaced with a fifth nucleobase that is complementary to the fourth nucleobase, thereby generating an intended edited basepair, wherein the efficiency of generating the intended edited basepair is at least 5%. It should be appreciated that in some embodiments, step b is omitted. In some embodiments, at least 5% of the intended basepaires are edited. In some embodiments, at least 10%, 15%, 20%, 25%, 30%, 35%, 40%, 45%, or 50% of the intended basepaires are edited. In some embodiments, the method causes less than 19%, 18%, 16%, 14%, 12%, 10%, 8%, 6%, 4%, 2%, 1%, 0.5%, 0.2%, or less than 0.1% indel formation. In some embodiments, the ratio of intended product to unintended products at the target nucleotide is at least 2:1, 5:1, 10:1, 20:1, 30:1, 40:1, 50:1, 60:1, 70:1, 80:1, 90:1, 100:1, or 200:1, or more. In some embodiments, the ratio of intended point mutation to indel formation is greater than 1:1, 10:1, 50:1, 100:1, 500:1, or 1000:1, or more. In some embodiments, the cut single strand is hybridized to the guide nucleic acid. In some embodiments, the cut single strand is opposite to the strand comprising the first nucleobase. In some embodiments, the first base is cytosine. In some embodiments, the second nucleobase is not G, C, A, or T. In some embodiments, the second base is uracil. In some embodiments, the base editor inhibits base escision repair of the edited strand. In some embodiments, the base editor protects or binds the non-edited strand. In some embodiments, the nucleobase editor comprises UGI activity. In some embodiments, the nucleobase edit comprises nickase activity. In some embodiments, the intended edited basepair is upstream of a PAM site. In some embodiments, the intended edited base pair is 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, or 20 nucleotides upstream of the PAM site. In some embodiments, the intended edited basepair is downstream of a PAM site. In some embodiments, the intended edited base pair is 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, or 20 nucleotides downstream stream of the PAM site. In some embodiments, the method does not require a canonical (e.g., NGG) PAM site. In some embodiments, the nucleobase editor comprises a linker. In some embodiments, the linker is 1-25 amino acids in length. In some embodiments, the linker is 5-20 amino acids in length. In some embodiments, the linker is 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, or 20 amino acids in length. In some embodiments, the target region comprises a target window, wherein the target window comprises the target nucleobase pair. In some embodiments, the target window comprises 1-10 nucleotides. In some embodiments, the target window is 1-9, 1-8, 1-7, 1-6, 1-5, 1-4, 1-3, 1-2, or 1 nucleotides in length. In some embodiments, the target window is 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, or 20 nucleotides in length. In some embodiments, the intended edited base pair occurs within the target window. In some embodiments, the target window comprises the intended edited base pair. In some embodiments, the nucleobase editor is any one of the base editors provided herein.
- In some embodiments, any of the fusion proteins, gRNAs, and/or complexes described herein are provided as part of a pharmaceutical composition. In some embodiments, the pharmaceutical composition comprises any of the fusion proteins provided herein. In some embodiments, the pharmaceutical composition comprises any of the complexes provided herein. In some embodiments, the pharmaceutical composition comprises a ribonucleoprotein complex comprising an RNA-guided nuclease (e.g., Cas9) that forms a complex with a gRNA and a cationic lipid. In some embodiments pharmaceutical composition comprises a gRNA, a nucleic acid programmable DNA binding protein, a cationic lipid, and a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient. Pharmaceutical compositions may optionally comprise one or more additional therapeutically active substances.
- In some embodiments, compositions provided herein are administered to a subject, for example, to a human subject, in order to effect a targeted genomic modification within the subject. In some embodiments, cells are obtained from the subject and contacted with a any of the pharmaceutical compositions provided herein. In some embodiments, cells removed from a subject and contacted ex vivo with a pharmaceutical composition are re-introduced into the subject, optionally after the desired genomic modification has been effected or detected in the cells. Methods of delivering pharmaceutical compositions comprising nucleases are known, and are described, for example, in U.S. Pat. Nos. 6,453,242; 6,503,717; 6,534,261; 6,599,692; 6,607,882; 6,689,558; 6,824,978; 6,933,113; 6,979,539; 7,013,219; and 7,163,824, the disclosures of all of which are incorporated by reference herein in their entireties. Although the descriptions of pharmaceutical compositions provided herein are principally directed to pharmaceutical compositions which are suitable for administration to humans, it will be understood by the skilled artisan that such compositions are generally suitable for administration to animals or organisms of all sorts. Modification of pharmaceutical compositions suitable for administration to humans in order to render the compositions suitable for administration to various animals is well understood, and the ordinarily skilled veterinary pharmacologist can design and/or perform such modification with merely ordinary, if any, experimentation. Subjects to which administration of the pharmaceutical compositions is contemplated include, but are not limited to, humans and/or other primates; mammals, domesticated animals, pets, and commercially relevant mammals such as cattle, pigs, horses, sheep, cats, dogs, mice, and/or rats; and/or birds, including commercially relevant birds such as chickens, ducks, geese, and/or turkeys.
- Formulations of the pharmaceutical compositions described herein may be prepared by any method known or hereafter developed in the art of pharmacology. In general, such preparatory methods include the step of bringing the active ingredient(s) into association with an excipient and/or one or more other accessory ingredients, and then, if necessary and/or desirable, shaping and/or packaging the product into a desired single- or multi-dose unit.
- Pharmaceutical formulations may additionally comprise a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient, which, as used herein, includes any and all solvents, dispersion media, diluents, or other liquid vehicles, dispersion or suspension aids, surface active agents, isotonic agents, thickening or emulsifying agents, preservatives, solid binders, lubricants and the like, as suited to the particular dosage form desired. Remington's The Science and Practice of Pharmacy, 21st Edition, A. R. Gennaro (Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, Md., 2006; incorporated in its entirety herein by reference) discloses various excipients used in formulating pharmaceutical compositions and known techniques for the preparation thereof. See also PCT application PCT/US2010/055131 (Publication number WO2011053982 A8, filed Nov. 2, 2010), incorporated in its entirety herein by reference, for additional suitable methods, reagents, excipients and solvents for producing pharmaceutical compositions comprising a nuclease. Except insofar as any conventional excipient medium is incompatible with a substance or its derivatives, such as by producing any undesirable biological effect or otherwise interacting in a deleterious manner with any other component(s) of the pharmaceutical composition, its use is contemplated to be within the scope of this disclosure.
- In some embodiments, compositions in accordance with the present invention may be used for treatment of any of a variety of diseases, disorders, and/or conditions, including but not limited to one or more of the following: autoimmune disorders (e.g. diabetes, lupus, multiple sclerosis, psoriasis, rheumatoid arthritis); inflammatory disorders (e.g. arthritis, pelvic inflammatory disease); infectious diseases (e.g. viral infections (e.g., HIV, HCV, RSV), bacterial infections, fungal infections, sepsis); neurological disorders (e.g. Alzheimer's disease, Huntington's disease; autism; Duchenne muscular dystrophy); cardiovascular disorders (e.g. atherosclerosis, hypercholesterolemia, thrombosis, clotting disorders, angiogenic disorders such as macular degeneration); proliferative disorders (e.g. cancer, benign neoplasms); respiratory disorders (e.g. chronic obstructive pulmonary disease); digestive disorders (e.g. inflammatory bowel disease, ulcers); musculoskeletal disorders (e.g. fibromyalgia, arthritis); endocrine, metabolic, and nutritional disorders (e.g. diabetes, osteoporosis); urological disorders (e.g. renal disease); psychological disorders (e.g. depression, schizophrenia); skin disorders (e.g. wounds, eczema); blood and lymphatic disorders (e.g. anemia, hemophilia); etc.
- Some aspects of this disclosure provide kits comprising a nucleic acid construct, comprising (a) a nucleotide sequence encoding a Cas9 protein or a Cas9 fusion protein as provided herein; and (b) a heterologous promoter that drives expression of the sequence of (a). In some embodiments, the kit further comprises an expression construct encoding a guide RNA backbone, wherein the construct comprises a cloning site positioned to allow the cloning of a nucleic acid sequence identical or complementary to a target sequence into the guide RNA backbone.
- Some aspects of this disclosure provide polynucleotides encoding a Cas9 protein of a fusion protein as provided herein. Some aspects of this disclosure provide vectors comprising such polynucleotides. In some embodiments, the vector comprises a heterologous promoter driving expression of polynucleotide.
- Some aspects of this disclosure provide cells comprising a Cas9 protein, a fusion protein, a nucleic acid molecule encoding the fusion protein, a complex comprise the Cas9 protein and the gRNA, and/or a vector as provided herein.
- The description of exemplary embodiments of the reporter systems above is provided for illustration purposes only and not meant to be limiting. Additional reporter systems, e.g., variations of the exemplary systems described in detail above, are also embraced by this disclosure.
- A number of Cas9:Deaminase fusion proteins were generated and deaminase activity of the generated fusions was characterized. The following deaminases were tested:
- Human AID (hAID):
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(SEQ ID NO: 49) MDSLLMNRRKFLYQFKNVRWAKGRRETYLCYVVKRRDSATSFSLDFGYLR NKNGCHVELLFLRYISDWDLDPGRCYRVTWFTSWSPCYDCARHVADFLRG NPYLSLRIFTARLYFCEDRKAEPEGLRRLHRAGVQIAIMTFKDYFYCWNT FVENHERTFKAWEGLHENSVRLSRQLRRILLPLYEVDDLRDAFRTLGLLD
Human AID-DC (hAID-DC, truncated version of hAID with 7-fold increased activity): -
(SEQ ID NO: 50) MDSLLMNRRKFLYQFKNVRWAKGRRETYLCYVVKRRDSATSFSLDFGYLR NKNGCHVELLFLRYISDWDLDPGRCYRVTWFTSWSPCYDCARHVADFLRG NPNLSLRIFTARLYFCEDRKAEPEGLRRLHRAGVQIAIMTFKDYFYCWNT FVENHERTFKAWEGLHENSVRLSRQLRRILL
Rat APOBEC1 (rAPOBEC1): -
(SEQ ID NO: 76) MSSETGPVAVDPTLRRRIEPHEFEVFFDPRELRKETCLLYEINWGGRHSI WRHTSQNTNKHVEVNFIEKFTTERYFCPNTRCSITWFLSWSPCGECSRAI TEFLSRYPHVTLFIYIARLYHHADPRNRQGLRDLISSGVTIQIMTEQESG YCWRNFVNYSPSNEAHWPRYPHLWVRLYVLELYCIILGLPPCLNILRRKQ PQLTFFTIALQSCHYQRLPPHILWATGLK
Human APOBEC1 (hAPOBEC1) -
(SEQ ID NO: 74) MTSEKGPSTGDPTLRRRIEPWEFDVFYDPRELRKEACLLYEIKWGMSRKI WRSSGKNTTNHVEVNFIKKFTSERDFHPSMSCSITWFLSWSPCWECSQAI REFLSRHPGVTLVIYVARLFWHMDQQNRQGLRDLVNSGVTIQIMRASEYY HCWRNFVNYPPGDEAHWPQYPPLWMMLYALELHCIILSLPPCLKISRRWQ NHLTFFRLHLQNCHYQTIPPHILLATGLIHPSVAWR
Petromyzon marinus (Lamprey) CDA1 (pmCDA1): -
(SEQ ID NO: 81) MTDAEYVRIHEKLDIYTFKKQFFNNKKSVSHRCYVLFELKRRGERRACFW GYAVNKPQSGTERGIHAEIFSIRKVEEYLRDNPGQFTINWYSSWSPCADC AEKILEWYNQELRGNGHTLKIWACKLYYEKNARNQIGLWNLRDNGVGLNV MVSEHYQCCRKIFIQSSHNQLNENRWLEKTLKRAEKRRSELSIMIQVKIL HTTKSPAV
Human APOBEC3G (hAPOBEC3G): -
(SEQ ID NO: 60) MELKYHPEMRFFHWFSKWRKLHRDQEYEVTWYISWSPCTKCTRDMATFLA EDPKVTLTIFVARLYYFWDPDYQEALRSLCQKRDGPRATMKIMNYDEFQH CWSKFVYSQRELFEPWNNLPKYYILLHIMLGEILRHSMDPPTFTFNFNNE PWVRGRHETYLCYEVERMHNDTWVLLNQRRGFLCNQAPHKHGFLEGRHAE LCFLDVIPFWKLDLDQDYRVTCFTSWSPCFSCAQEMAKFISKNKHVSLCI FTARIYDDQGRCQEGLRTLAEAGAKISIMTYSEFKHCWDTFVDHQGCPFQ PWDGLDEHSQDLSGRLRAILQNQEN - Deaminase Activity on ssDNA. A USER (Uracil-Specific Excision Reagent) Enzyme-based assay for deamination was employed to test the activity of various deaminases on single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) substrates. USER Enzyme was obtained from New England Biolabs. An ssDNA substrate was provided with a target cytosine residue at different positions. Deamination of the ssDNA cytosine target residue results in conversion of the target cytosine to a uracil. The USER Enzyme excises the uracil base and cleaves the ssDNA backbone at that position, cutting the ssDNA substrate into two shorter fragments of DNA. In some assays, the ssDNA substrate is labeled on one end with a dye, e.g., with a 5′ Cy3 label (the * in the scheme below). Upon deamination, excision, and cleavage of the strand, the substrate can be subjected to electrophoresis, and the substrate and any fragment released from it can be visualized by detecting the label. Where Cy5 is images, only the fragment with the label will be visible via imaging.
- In one USER Enzyme assay, ssDNA substrates were used that matched the target sequences of the various deaminases tested. Expression cassettes encoding the deaminases tested were inserted into a CMV backbone plasmid that has been used previously in the lab (Addgene plasmid 52970). The deaminase proteins were expressed using a TNT Quick Coupled Transcription/Translation System (Promega) according to the manufacturers recommendations. After 90 min of incubation, 5 mL of lysate was incubated with 5′ Cy3-labeled ssDNA substrate and 1 unit of USER Enzyme (NEB) for 3 hours. The DNA was resolved on a 10% TBE PAGE gel and the DNA was imaged using Cy-dye imaging. A schematic reparesentation of the USER Enzyme assay is shown in
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FIG. 1 shows the deaminase activity of the tested deaminases on ssDNA substrates, such asDoench 1,Doench 2, G7′ andVEGF Target 2. The rAPOBEC1 enzyme exhibited a substantial amount of deamination on the single-stranded DNA substrate with a canonical NGG PAM, but not with a negative control non-canonical NNN PAM. - Cas9 fusion proteins with APOBEC family deaminases were generated. The following fusion architectures were constructed and tested on ssDNA:
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rAPOBEC1-GGS-dCas9 primary sequence (SEQ ID NO: 149) MSSETGPVAVDPTLRRRIEPHEFEVFFDPRELRKETCLLYEINWGGRHSIWRHTSQNTN KHVEVNFIEKFTTERYFCPNTRCSITWFLSWSPCGECSRAITEFLSRYPHVTLFIYIARL YHHADPRNRQGLRDLISSGVTIQIMTEQESGYCWRNFVNYSPSNEAHWPRYPHLWVR rAPOBEC1-(GGS)3-dCas9 primary sequence (SEQ ID NO: 150) MSSETGPVAVDPTLRRRIEPHEFEVFFDPRELRKETCLLYEINWGGRHSIWRHTSQNTN KHVEVNFIEKFTTERYFCPNTRCSITWFLSWSPCGECSRAITEFLSRYPHVTLFIYIARL YHHADPRNRQGLRDLISSGVTIQIMTEQESGYCWRNFVNYSPSNEAHWPRYPHLWVR (SEQ ID NO: 151) FDPRELRKETCLLYEINWGGRHSIWRHTSQNTNKHVEVNFIEKFTTERYFCPNTRCSIT WFLSWSPCGECSRAITEFLSRYPHVTLFIYIARLYHHADPRNRQGLRDLISSGVTIQIMT EQESGYCWRNFVNYSPSNEAHWPRYPHLWVRLYVLELYCIILGLPPCLNILRRKQPQL TFFTIALQSCHYQRLPPHILWATGLK (SEQ ID NO: 152) HEFEVFFDPRELRKETCLLYEINWGGRHSIWRHTSQNTNKHVEVNFIEKFTTERYFCP NTRCSITWFLSWSPCGECSRAITEFLSRYPHVTLFIYIARLYHHADPRNRQGLRDLISSG VTIQIMTEQESGYCWRNFVNYSPSNEAHWPRYPHLWVRLYVLELYCIILGLPPCLNIL RRKQPQLTFFTIALQSCHYQRLPPHILWATGLK (SEQ ID NO: 153) MSSETGPVAVDPTLRRRIEPHEFEVFFDPRELRKETCLLYEINWGGRHSIWRHTSQNTN KHVEVNFIEKFTTERYFCPNTRCSITWFLSWSPCGECSRAITEFLSRYPHVTLFIYIARL YHHADPRNRQGLRDLISSGVTIQIMTEQESGYCWRNFVNYSPSNEAHWPRYPHLWVR -
FIG. 2 shows that the N-terminal deaminase fusions showed significant activity on the single stranded DNA substrates. For this reason, only the N-terminal architecture was chosen for further experiments. -
FIG. 3 illustrates double stranded DNA substrate binding by deaminase-dCas9:sgRNA complexes. A number of double stranded deaminase substrate sequences were generated. The sequences are provided below. The structures according toFIG. 3 are identified in these sequences (36 bp: underlined, sgRNA target sequence: bold; PAM: boxed; 21 bp: italicized). All substrates were labeled with a 5′-Cy3 label: -
(SEQ ID NO: 85) 2: GTAGGTAGTTAGGATGAATGGAAGGTTGGTATAGTC CCGCGGATTTATTTATTTA (SEQ ID NO: 86) 3: GTAGGTAGTTAGGATGAATGGAAGGTTGGTATAGCT TCCGCGGATTTATTTATTT (SEQ ID NO: 87) 4: GTAGGTAGTTAGGATGAATGGAAGGTTGGTATAGCC TTCCGCGGATTTATTTATT (SEQ ID NO: 88) 5: GTAGGTAGTTAGGATGAATGGAAGGTTGGTATAGCC ATTCCGCGGATTTATTTAT (SEQ ID NO: 89) 6: GTAGGTAGTTAGGATGAATGGAAGGTTGGTATAGCC TATTCCGCGGATTTATTTA (SEQ ID NO: 90) 7: GTAGGTAGTTAGGATGAATGGAAGGTTGGTATAGCC TTATTCCGCGGATTTATTT (SEQ ID NO: 91) 8: GTAGGTAGTTAGGATGAATGGAAGGTTGGTATAGCC ATTATTCCGCGGATTTATT (SEQ ID NO: 92) 9: GTAGGTAGTTAGGATGAATGGAAGGTTGGTATAGCC TATTATTCCGCGGATTTAT (SEQ ID NO: 93) 10: GTAGGTAGTTAGGATGAATGGAAGGTTGGTATAGCC ATTATATTCCGCGGATTT (SEQ ID NO: 94) 11: GTAGGTAGTTAGGATGAATGGAAGGTTGGTATAGCC TATTATATTCCGCGGATT (SEQ ID NO: 95) 12: GTAGGTAGTTAGGATGAATGGAAGGTTGGTATAGCC TTATTATATTCCGCGGAT (SEQ ID NO: 96) 13: GTAGGTAGTTAGGATGAATGGAAGGTTGGTATAGCC ATTATTATATTCCGCGGA (SEQ ID NO: 97) 14: GTAGGTAGTTAGGATGAATGGAAGGTTGGTATAGCC TATTATTATATTCCGCGG (SEQ ID NO: 98) 15: GTAGGTAGTTAGGATGAATGGAAGGTTGGTATAGCC ATTATTATTATTACCGCG (SEQ ID NO: 99) 18: GTAGGTAGTTAGGATGAATGGAAGGTTGGTATAGCC ATTATTATTATTATTACCG “-“: (SEQ ID NO: 100) (SEQ ID NO: 101) 8U: GTAGGTAGTTAGGATGAATGGAAGGTTGGTGTAG ATTATTATCUGCGGATTTAT *In all substrates except for “8U”, the top strand in FIG. 3 is the complement of the sequence specified here. In the case of “8U”, there is a “G” opposite the U. -
FIG. 4 shows the results of a double stranded DNA Deamination Assay. The fusions were expressed and purified with an N-terminal His6 tag via both Ni-NTA and sepharose chromatography. In order to assess deamination on dsDNA substrates, the various dsDNA substrates shown on the previous slide were incubated at a 1:8 dsDNA:fusion protein ratio and incubated at 37° C. for 2 hours. Once the dCas9 portion of the fusion binds to the DNA it blocks access of the USER enzyme to the DNA. Therefore, the fusion proteins were denatured following the incubation and the dsDNA was purified on a spin column, followed by incubation for 45 min with the USER Enzyme and resolution of the resulting DNA substrate and substrate fragments on a 10% TBE-urea gel. -
FIG. 5 demonstrates that Cas9 fusions can target positions 3-11 of double-stranded DNA target sequences (numbered according to the schematic inFIG. 3 ). Upper Gel: 1 μM rAPOBEC1-GGS-dCas9, 125 nM dsDNA, 1 eq sgRNA. Mid Gel: 1 μM rAPOBEC1-(GGS)3-dCas9, 125 nM dsDNA, 1 eq sgRNA. Lower Gel: 1.85 μM rAPOBEC1-XTEN-dCas9, 125 nM dsDNA, 1 eq sgRNA. Based on the data from these gels, positions 3-11 (according to the numbering inFIG. 3 ) are sufficiently exposed to the activity of the deaminase to be targeted by the fusion proteins tested. Access of the deaminase to other positions is most likely blocked by the dCas9 protein. - The data further indicates that a linker of only 3 amino acids (GGS) is not optimal for allowing the deaminase to access the single stranded portion of the DNA. The 9 amino acid linker [(GGS)3] (SEQ ID NO: 610) and the more structured 16 amino acid linker (XTEN) allow for more efficient deamination.
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FIG. 6 demonstrates that the correct guide RNA, e.g., the correct sgRNA, is required for deaminase activity. The gel shows that fusing the deaminase to dCas9, the deaminase enzyme becomes sequence specific (e.g., using the fusion with an eGFP sgRNA results in no deamination), and also confers the capacity to the deaminase to deaminate dsDNA. The native substrate of the deaminase enzyme is ssDNA, and no deamination occurred when no sgRNA was added. This is consistent with reported knowledge that APOBEC deaminase by itself does not deaminate dsDNA. The data indicates that Cas9 opens the double-stranded DNA helix within a short window, exposing single-stranded DNA that is then accessible to the APOBEC deaminase for cytidine deamination. The sgRNA sequences used are provided below. sequences (36 bp: underlined, sgRNA target sequence: bold; PAM: boxed; 21 bp: italicized) - DNA sequence 8:
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(SEQ ID NO: 103) 5′-AUUAUUCCGCGGAUUUAUUUGUUUUAGAGCUAG . . . -3′ - eGFP sgRNA sequence (partial 3′-sequence):
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(SEQ ID NO: 104) 5′-CGUAGGCCAGGGUGGUCACGGUUUUAGAGCUAG . . . -3′ - Exemplary Deamination Targets.
- The dCas9:deaminase fusion proteins described herein can be delivered to a cell in vitro or ex vivo or to a subject in vivo and can be used to effect C to T or G to A transitions when the target nucleotide is in positions 3-11 with respect to a PAM. Exemplary deamination targets include, without limitation, the following: CCR5 truncations: any of the codons encoding Q93, Q102, Q186, R225, W86, or Q261 of CCR5 can be deaminated to generate a STOP codon, which results in a nonfunctional truncation of CCR5 with applications in HIV treatment. APOE4 mutations: mutant codons encoding C11R and C57R mutant APOE4 proteins can be deaminated to revert to the wild-type amino acid with applications in Alzheimer's treatment. eGFP truncations: any of the codons encoding Q158, Q184, Q185 can be deaminated to generate a STOP codon, or the codon encoding M1 can be deaminated to encode I, all of which result in loss of eGFP fluorescence, with applications in reporter systems. eGFP restoration: a mutant codon encoding T65A or Y66C mutant GFP, which does not exhibit substantial fluorescence, can be deaminated to restore the wild-type amino acid and confer fluorescence. PIK3CA mutation: a mutant codon encoding K111E mutant PIK3CA can be deaminated to restore the wild-type amino acid residue with applications in cancer. CTNNB1 mutation: a mutant codon encoding T41A mutant CTNNB1 can be deaminated to restore the wild-type amino acid residue with applications in cancer. HRAS mutation: a mutant codon encoding Q61R mutant HRAS can be deaminated to restore the wild-type amino acid residue with applications in cancer. P53 mutations: any of the mutant codons encoding Y163C, Y236C, or N239D mutant p53 can be deaminated to encode the wild type amino acid sequence with applications in cancer.
- The feasibility of deaminating these target sequences in double-stranded DNA is demonstrated in
FIGS. 7 and 8 .FIG. 7 illustrates the mechanism of target DNA binding of in vivo target sequences by deaminase-dCas9:sgRNA complexes. -
FIG. 8 shows successful deamination of exemplary disease-associated target sequences. Upper Gel: CCR5 Q93: coding strand target in pos. 10 (potential off-targets at positions 2, 5, 6, 8, 9); CCR5 Q102: coding strand target in pos. 9 (potential off-targets at positions 1, 12, 14); CCR5 Q186: coding strand target in pos. 9 (potential off-targets at positions 1, 5, 15); CCR5 R225: coding strand target in pos. 6 (no potential off-targets); eGFP Q158: coding strand target in pos. 5 (potential off-targets at positions 1, 13, 16); eGFP Q184/185: coding strand target in pos. 4 and 7 (potential off-targets at positions 3, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18); eGFP M1: template strand target in pos. 12 (potential off-targets at positions 2, 3, 7, 9, 11) (targets positions 7 and 9 to small degree); eGFP T65A: template strand target in pos. 7 (potential off-targets at positions 1, 8, 17); PIK3CA K111E: template strand target in pos. 2 (potential off-targets at positions 5, 8, 10, 16, 17); PIK3CA K111E: template strand target in pos. 13 (potential off-targets at positions 11, 16, 19) X. Lower Gel: CCR5 W86: template strand target in pos. 2 and 3 (potential off-targets at positions 1, 13) X; APOE4 C11R: coding strand target in pos. 11 (potential off-targets at positions 7, 13, 16, 17); APOE4 C57R: coding strand target in pos. 5) (potential off-targets at positions 7, 8, 12); eGFP Y66C: template strand target in pos. 11 (potential off-targets at positions 1, 4, 6, 8, 9, 16); eGFP Y66C: template strand target in pos. 3 (potential off-targets at positions 1, 8, 17); CCR5 Q261: coding strand target in pos. 10 (potential off-targets at positions 3, 5, 6, 9, 18); CTNNB1 T41A: template strand target in pos. 7 (potential off-targets at positions 1, 13, 15, 16) X; HRAS Q61R: template strand target in pos. 6 (potential off-targets at positions 1, 2, 4, 5, 9, 10, 13); p53 Y163C: template strand target in pos. 6 (potential off-targets at positions 2, 13, 14); p53 Y236C: template strand target in pos. 8 (potential off-targets at positions 2, 4); p53 N239D: template strand target in pos. 4 (potential off-targets at positions 6, 8). Exemplary DNA sequences of disease targets are provided below (PAMs (5′-NGG-3′) and target positions are boxed): -
CCR5 Q93: 5′-Cy3- (SEQ ID NO: 105) GTAGGTAGTTAGGATGAATGGAAGGTTGGTAACTAT GCTGCCGCC (SEQ ID NO: 106) CCR5 Q102: 5′-Cy3- GTAGGTAGTTAGGATGAATGGAAGGTTGGTAAAATA CAATGTGT CCR5 Q186: 5′-Cy3- (SEQ ID NO: 107) GTAGGTAGTTAGGATGAATGGAAGGTTGGTATTTTC CATACAGT CCR5 R225: 5′-Cy3- (SEQ ID NO: 108) CCR5 W86: 5′-Cy3- (SEQ ID NO: 109) CCR5 Q261: 5′-Cy3- (SEQ ID NO: 110) GTAGGTAGTTAGGATGAATGGAAGGTTGGTATCCTG AACACCTT APOE4 C11R: 5′-Cy3- (SEQ ID NO: 111) GTAGGTAGTTAGGATGAATGGAAGGTTGGTAGACAT GGAGGAC APOE4 C57R: 5′-Cy3- (SEQ ID NO: 112) eGFP Q158: 5′-Cy3- (SEQ ID NO: 113) (SEQ ID NO: 114) eGFP M1: 5′-Cy3- (SEQ ID NO: 115) GTAGGTAGTTAGGATGAATGGAAGGTTGGTACCTCG CCCTTGCTCA eGFP T65A: 5′-Cy3- (SEQ ID NO: 116) eGFP Y66C: 5′-Cy3- (SEQ ID NO: 117) GTAGGTAGTTAGGATGAATGGAAGGTTGGTAAAGCA CTGCACTC eGFP Y66C: 5′-Cy3- (SEQ ID NO: 118) (SEQ ID NO: 119) (SEQ ID NO: 120) PIK3CA K111E: 5′-Cy3-GTAGGTAGTTAGGATGAATGGAAGGTTGGTATTCTC GATTG CTNNB1 T41A: 5′-Cy3- (SEQ ID NO: 121) GTAGGTAGTTAGGATGAATGGAAGGTTGGTAAGGAG CTGTGG HRAS Q61R: 5′-Cy3- (SEQ ID NO: 122) p53 Y163C: 5′-Cy3- (SEQ ID NO: 123) p53 Y236C: 5′-Cy3- (SEQ ID NO: 124) p53 N239D: 5′-Cy3- (SEQ ID NO: 125) - Direct programmable nucleobase editing efficiencies in mammalian cells by dCas9:deaminase fusion proteins can be improved significantly by fusing a uracil glycosylase inhibitor (UGI) to the dCas9:deaminase fusion protein.
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FIG. 9 shows in vitro C→T editing efficiencies in human HEK293 cells using rAPOBEC1-XTEN-dCas9: -
FIG. 10 demonstrates that C→T editing efficiencies on the same protospacer sequences in HEK293T cells are greatly enhanced when a UGI domain is fused to the rAPOBEC1:dCas9 fusion protein. -
(SEQ ID NO: 133) MSSETGPVAVDPTLRRRIEPHEFEVFFDPRELRKETCLLYEINWGGRHSIWRHTSQNTN KHVEVNFIEKFTTERYFCPNTRCSITWFLSWSPCGECSRAITEFLSRYPHVTLFIYIARLY HHADPRNRQGLRDLISSGVTIQIMTEQESGYCWRNFVNYSPSNEAHWPRYPHLWVRL YVLELYCIILGLPPCLNILRRKQPQLTFFTIALQSCHYQRLPPHILWATGLK SGSETPGTS LMLPEEVEEVIGNKPESDILVHTAYDESTDENVMLLTSDAPEYKPWALVICIDSNGE NKIKML SGGSPKKKRKV - The percentages in
FIGS. 9 and 10 are shown from sequencing both strands of the target sequence. Because only one of the strands is a substrate for deamination, the maximum possible deamination value in this assay is 50%. Accordingly, the deamination efficiency is double the percentages shown in the tables. E.g., a value of 50% relates to deamination of 100% of double-stranded target sequences. - When a uracil glycosylase inhibitor (UGI) was fused to the dCas9:deaminase fusion protein (e.g., rAPOBEC1-XTEN-dCas9-[UGI]-NLS), a significant increase in editing efficiency in cells was observed. This result indicates that in mammalian cells, the DNA repair machinery that cuts out the uracil base in a U:G base pair is a rate-limiting process in DNA editing. Tethering UGI to the dVas9:deaminase fusion proteins greatly increases editing yields.
- Without UGI, typical editing efficiencies in human cells were in the ˜2-14% yield range (
FIG. 9 andFIG. 10 , “XTEN” entries). With UGI (FIG. 10 , “UGI” entries) the editing was observed in the ˜6-40% range. Using a UGI fusion is thus more efficient than the current alternative method of correcting point mutations via HDR, which also creates an excess of indels in addition to correcting the point mutation. No indels resulting from treatment with the cas9:deaminase:UGI fusions were observed. - Current genome-editing technologies introduce double-stranded DNA breaks at a target locus of interest as the first step to gene correction.39,40 Although most genetic diseases arise from mutation of a single nucleobase to a different nucleobase, current approaches to revert such changes are very inefficient and typically induce an abundance of random insertions and deletions (indels) at the target locus as a consequence of the cellular response to double-stranded DNA breaks.39,40 Reported herein is the development of nucleobase editing, a new strategy for genome editing that enables the direct conversion of one target nucleobase into another in a programmable manner, without requiring double-stranded DNA backbone cleavage. Fusions of CRISPR/Cas9 were engineered and the cytidine deaminase enzyme APOBEC1 that retain the ability to be programmed with a guide RNA, do not induce double-stranded DNA breaks, and mediate the direct conversion of cytidine to uracil, thereby effecting a C→T (or G→A) substitution following DNA replication, DNA repair, or transcription if the template strand is targeted. The resulting “nucleobase editors” convert cytidines within a window of approximately five nucleotides, and can efficiently correct a variety of point mutations relevant to human disease in vitro. In four transformed human and murine cell lines, second- and third-generation nucleobase editors that fuse uracil glycosylase inhibitor (UGI), and that use a Cas9 nickase targeting the non-edited strand, respectively, can overcome the cellular DNA repair response to nucleobase editing, resulting in permanent correction of up to 37% or (˜15-75%) of total cellular DNA in human cells with minimal (typically ≤1%) indel formation. In contrast, canonical Cas9-mediated HDR on the same targets yielded an average of 0.7% correction with 4% indel formation. Nucleobase editors were used to revert two oncogenic p53 mutations into wild-type alleles in human breast cancer and lymphoma cells, and to convert an Alzheimer's Disease associated Arg codon in ApoE4 into a non-disease-associated Cys codon in mouse astrocytes. Base editing expands the scope and efficiency of genome editing of point mutations.
- The clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeat (CRISPR) system is a prokaryotic adaptive immune system that has been adapted to mediate genome engineering in a variety of organisms and cell lines.41 CRISPR/Cas9 protein-RNA complexes localize to a target DNA sequence through base pairing with a guide RNA, and natively create a DNA double-stranded break (DSB) at the locus specified by the guide RNA. In response to DSBs, endogenous DNA repair processes mostly result in random insertions or deletions (indels) at the site of DNA cleavage through non-homologous end joining (NHEJ). In the presence of a homologous DNA template, the DNA surrounding the cleavage site can be replaced through homology-directed repair (HDR). When simple disruption of a disease-associated gene is sufficient (for example, to treat some gain-of-function diseases), targeted DNA cleavage followed by indel formation can be effective. For most known genetic diseases, however, correction of a point mutation in the target locus, rather than stochastic disruption of the gene, is needed to address or study the underlying cause of the disease.68
- Motivated by this need, researchers have invested intense effort to increase the efficiency of HDR and suppress NHEJ. For example, a small-molecule inhibitor of ligase IV, an essential enzyme in the NHEJ pathway, has been shown to increase HDR efficiency.42,43 However, this strategy is challenging in post-mitotic cells, which typically down-regulate HDR, and its therapeutic relevance is limited by the potential risks of inhibiting ligase IV in non-target cells. Enhanced HDR efficiency can also be achieved by the timed delivery of Cas9-guide RNA complexes into chemically synchronized cells, as HDR efficiency is highly cell-cycle dependent.44 Such an approach, however, is limited to research applications in cell culture since synchronizing cells is highly disruptive. Despite these developments, current strategies to replace point mutations using HDR in most contexts are very inefficient (typically ˜0.1 to 5%),42,43,45,46, 75 especially in unmodified, non-dividing cells. In addition, HDR competes with NHEJ during the resolution of double-stranded breaks, and indels are generally more abundant outcomes than gene replacement. These observations highlight the need to develop alternative approaches to install specific modifications in genomic DNA that do not rely on creating double-stranded DNA breaks. A small-molecule inhibitor of ligase IV, an essential enzyme in the NHEJ pathway, has been shown to increase HDR efficiency.42,43 However, this strategy is challenging in post-mitotic cells, which typically down-regulate HDR, and its therapeutic relevance is limited by the potential risks of inhibiting ligase IV in non-target cells. Enhanced HDR efficiency can also be achieved by the timed delivery of Cas9-guide RNA complexes into chemically synchronized cells, as HDR efficiency is highly cell-cycle dependent.44 Such an approach, however, is limited to research applications in cell culture since synchronizing cells is highly disruptive. In some cases, it is possible to design HDR templates such that the product of successful HDR contains mutations in the PAM sequence and therefore is no longer a substrate for subsequent Cas9 modification, increasing the overall yield of HDR products,75 although such an approach imposes constraints on the product sequences. Recently, this strategy has been coupled to the use of ssDNA donors that are complementary to the non-target strand and high-efficiency ribonucleoprotein (RNP) delivery to substantially increase the efficiency of HDR, but even in these cases the ratio of HDR to NHEJ outcomes is relatively low (<2).83
- It was envisioned that direct catalysis of the conversion of one nucleobase to another at a programmable target locus without requiring DNA backbone cleavage could increase the efficiency of gene correction relative to HDR without introducing undesired random indels at the locus of interest. Catalytically dead Cas9 (dCas9), which contains Asp10Ala and His840Ala mutations that inactivate its nuclease activity, retains its ability to bind DNA in a guide RNA-programmed manner but does not cleave the DNA backbone.16,47 In principle, conjugation of dCas9 with an enzymatic or chemical catalyst that mediates the direct conversion of one nucleobase to another could enable RNA-programmed nucleobase editing. The deamination of cytosine (C) is catalyzed by cytidine deaminases29 and results in uracil (U), which has the base pairing properties of thymine (T). dCas9 was fused to cytidine deaminase enzymes in order to test their ability to convert C to U at a guide RNA-specified DNA locus. Most known cytidine deaminases operate on RNA, and the few examples that are known to accept DNA require single-stranded DNA.48 Recent studies on the dCas9-target DNA complex reveal that at least nine nucleotides of the displaced DNA strand are unpaired upon formation of the Cas9:guide RNA:DNA “R-loop” complex.12 Indeed, in the structure of the Cas9 R-loop complex the first 11 nucleotides of the protospacer on the displaced DNA strand are disordered, suggesting that their movement is not highly restricted.76 It has also been speculated that Cas9 nickase-induced mutations at cytosines in the non-template strand might arise from their accessibility by cellular cytidine deaminase enzymes.77 Recent studies on the dCas9-target DNA complex have revealed that at least 26 bases on the non-template strand are unpaired when Cas9 binds to its target DNA sequence.49 It was reasoned that a subset of this stretch of single-stranded DNA in the R-loop might serve as a substrate for a dCas9-tethered cytidine deaminase to effect direct, programmable conversion of C to U in DNA (
FIG. 11A ). - Four different cytidine deaminase enzymes (hAID, hAPOBEC3G, rAPOBEC1, and pmCDA1) were expressed in a mammalian cell lysate-derived in vitro transcription-translation system and evaluated for ssDNA deamination. Of the four enzymes, rAPOBEC1 showed the highest deaminase activity under the tested conditions and was chosen for dCas9 fusion experiments (
FIG. 36A ). Although appending rAPOBEC1 to the C-terminus of dCas9 abolishes deaminase activity, fusion to the N-terminus of dCas9 preserves deaminase activity on ssDNA at a level comparable to that of the unfused enzyme. Four rAPOBEC1-dCas9 fusions were expressed and purified with linkers of different length and composition (FIG. 36B ), and evaluated each fusion for single guide RNA (sgRNA)-programmed dsDNA deamination in vitro (FIGS. 11A to 11C andFIGS. 15A to 15D ). - Efficient, sequence-specific, sgRNA-dependent C to U conversion was observed in vitro (
FIGS. 11A to 11C ). Conversion efficiency was greatest using rAPOBEC1-dCas9 linkers over nine amino acids in length. The number of positions susceptible to deamination (the deamination “activity window”) increases with linker length was extended from three to 21 amino acids (FIGS. 36C to 36F15A to 15D). The 16-residue XTEN linker50 was found to offer a promising balance between these two characteristics, with an efficient deamination window of approximately five nucleotides, frompositions 4 to 8 within the protospacer, counting the end distal to the protospacer-adjacent motif (PAM) asposition 1. The rAPOBEC1-XTEN-dCas9 protein served as the first-generation nucleobase editor (NBE1). - Elected were seven mutations relevant to human disease that in theory could be corrected by C to T nucleobase editing, synthesized double-stranded DNA 80-mers of the corresponding sequences, and assessed the ability of NBE1 to correct these mutations in vitro (
FIGS. 16A to 16B ). NBE1 yielded products consistent with efficient editing of the target C, or of at least one C within the activity window when multiple Cs were present, in six of these seven targets in vitro, with an average apparent editing efficiency of 44% (FIGS. 16A to 16B ). In the three cases in which multiple Cs were present within the deamination window, evidence of deamination of some or all of these cytosines was observed. In only one of the seven cases tested were substantial yields of edited product observed (FIGS. 16A to 16B ). Although the preferred sequence context for APOBEC1 substrates is reported to be CC or TC,51 it was anticipated that the increased effective molarity of the deaminase and its single-stranded DNA substrate mediated by dCas9 binding to the target locus may relax this restriction. To illuminate the sequence context generality of NBE1, its ability to edit a 60-mer double-stranded DNA oligonucleotide containing a single fixed C atposition 7 within the protospacer was assayed, as well as all 36 singly mutated variants in which protospacer bases 1-6 and 8-13 were individually varied to each of the other three bases. Each of these 37 sequences were treated with 1.9 μM NBE1, 1.9 μM of the corresponding sgRNA, and 125 nM DNA for 2 h, similar to standard conditions for in vitro Cas9 assays52. High-throughput DNA sequencing (HTS) revealed 50 to 80% C to U conversion of targeted strands (25 to 40% of total sequence reads arising from both DNA strands, one of which is not a substrate for NBE1) (FIG. 12A ). The nucleotides surrounding the target C had little effect on editing efficiency was independent of sequence context unless the base immediately 5′ of the target C is a G, in which case editing efficiency was substantially lower (FIGS. 12A to 12B ). NBE1 activity in vitro was assessed on all four NC motifs atpositions 1 through 8 within the protospacer (FIGS. 12A to 12B ). In general, NBE1 activity on substrates was observed to follow the order TC≥CC≥AC≥GC, with maximum editing efficiency achieved when the target C is at or nearposition 7. In addition, it was observed that the nucleobase editor is highly processive, and will efficiently convert most of all Cs to Us on the same DNA strand within the 5-base activity window (FIG. 17 ). - While BE1 efficiently processes substrates in a test tube, in cells a tree of possible DNA repair outcomes determines the fate of the initial U:G product of base editing (
FIG. 29A ). To test the effectiveness of nucleobase editing in human cells, NBE1 codon usage was optimized for mammalian expression, appended a C-terminal nuclear localization sequence (NLS),53 and assayed its ability to convert C to T in human cells on 14Cs in six well-studied target sites throughout the human genome (FIG. 37A ).54 The editable Cs were confirmed within each protospacer in vitro by incubating NBE1 with synthetic 80-mers that correspond to the six different genomic sites, followed by HTS (FIGS. 13A to 13C ,FIG. 29B andFIG. 25 ). Next, HEK293T cells were transfected with plasmids encoding NBE1 and one of the six target sgRNAs, allowed three days for nucleobase editing to occur, extracted genomic DNA from the cells, and analyzed the loci by HTS. Although C to T editing in cells at the target locus was observed for all six cases, the efficiency of nucleobase editing was 1.1% to 6.3% or 0.8%-7.7% of total DNA sequences (corresponding to 2.2% to 12.6% of targeted strands), a 6.3-fold to 37-fold or 5-fold to 36-fold decrease in efficiency compared to that of in vitro nucleobase editing (FIGS. 13A to 13C ,FIG. 29B andFIG. 25 ). It was observed that some base editing outside of the typical window ofpositions 4 to 8 when the substrate C is preceded by a T, which we attribute to the unusually high activity of APOBEC1 for TC substrates.48 - It was asked whether the cellular DNA repair response to the presence of U:G heteroduplex DNA was responsible for the large decrease in nucleobase editing efficiency in cells (
FIG. 29A ). Uracil DNA glycosylase (UDG) catalyzes removal of U from DNA in cells and initiates base excision repair (BER), with reversion of the U:G pair to a C:G pair as the most common outcome (FIG. 29A ).55 Uracil DNA glycosylase inhibitor (UGI), an 83-residue protein from B. subtilis bacteriophage PBS1, potently blocks human UDG activity (IC50=12 pM).56 UGI was fused to the C-terminus of NBE1 to create the second-generation nucleobase editor NBE2 and repeated editing assays on all six genomic loci. Editing efficiencies in human cells were on average 3-fold higher with NBE2 than with NBE1, resulting in gene conversion efficiencies of up to 22.8% of total DNA sequenced (up to 45.6% of targeted strands) (FIGS. 13A to 13C andFIG. 29B ). To test base editing in human cells, BE1 codon usage was optimized for mammalian expression and appended a C-terminal nuclear localization sequence (NLS).53 - Similar editing efficiencies were observed when a separate plasmid overexpressing UGI was co-transfected with NBE1 (
FIGS. 18A to 18H ). However, while the direct fusion of UGI to NBE1 resulted in no significant increase in C to T mutations at monitored non-targeted genomic locations, overexpression of unfused UGI detectably increased the frequency of C to T mutations elsewhere in the genome (FIGS. 18A to 18H ). The generality of NBE2-mediated nucleobase editing was confirmed by assessing editing efficiencies on the same six genomic targets in U2OS cells, and observed similar results with those in HEK293T cells (FIG. 19 ). Importantly, NBE2 typically did not result in any detectable indels (FIG. 13C andFIG. 29C ), consistent with the known mechanistic dependence of NHEJ on double-stranded DNA breaks.57,78 Together, these results indicate that conjugating UGI to NBE1 can greatly increase the efficiency of nucleobase editing in human cells. - The permanence of nucleobase editing in human cells was confirmed by monitoring editing efficiencies over multiple cell divisions in HEK293T cells at two of the tested genomic loci. Genomic DNA was harvested at two time points: three days after transfection with plasmids expressing NBE2 and appropriate sgRNAs, and after passaging the cells and growing them for four additional days (approximately five subsequent cell divisions). No significant change in editing efficiency was observed between the non-passaged cells (editing observed in 4.6% to 6.6% of targeted strands for three different target Cs) and passaged cells (editing observed in 4.6% to 6.4% of targeted strands for the same three target Cs), confirming that the nucleobase edits became permanent following cell division (
FIG. 20 ). Indels will on rare occasion arise from the processing of U:G lesions by cellular repair processes, which involve single-strand break intermediates that are known to lead to indels.84 Given that several hundred endogenous U:G lesions are generated every day per human cell from spontaneous cytidine deaminase,85 it was anticipate that the total indel frequency from U:G lesion repair is unlikely to increase from BE1 or BE2 activity at a single target locus. - To further increase the efficiency of nucleobase editing in cells, it was anticipated that nicking the non-edited strand may result in a smaller fraction of edited Us being removed by the cell, since eukaryotic mismatch repair machinery uses strand discontinuity to direct DNA repair to any broken strand of a mismatched duplex (
FIG. 29A ).58,79,80 The catalytic His residue was restored at position 840 in the Cas9 HNH domain,47,59 resulting in the third-generation nucleobase editor NBE3 that nicks the non-edited strand containing a G opposite the targeted C, but does not cleave the target strand containing the C. Because NBE3 still contains the Asp10Ala mutation in Cas9, it does not induce double-stranded DNA cleavage. This strategy of nicking the non-edited strand augmented nucleobase editing efficiency in human cells by an additional 1.4- to 4.8-fold relative to NBE2, resulting in up to 36.3% of total DNA sequences containing the targeted C to T conversion on the same six human genomic targets in HEK293T cells (FIGS. 13A to 13C andFIG. 29B ). Importantly, only a small frequency of indels, averaging 0.8% (ranging from 0.2% to 1.6% for the six different loci), was observed from NBE3 treatment (FIG. 13C ,FIG. 29C , andFIG. 34 ). In contrast, when cells were treated with wild-type Cas9, sgRNA, and a single-stranded DNA donor template to mediate HDR at three of these loci C to T conversion efficiencies averaging only 0.7% were observed, with much higher relative indel formation averaging 3.9% (FIGS. 13A to 13C andFIG. 29C ). The ratio of allele conversion to NHEJ outcomes averaged >1,000 for BE2, 23 for BE3, and 0.17 for wild-type Cas9 (FIG. 3c ). We confirmed the permanence of base editing in human cells by monitoring editing efficiencies over multiple cell divisions in HEK293T cells at theHEK293 site FIG. 38 ). These results collectively establish that nucleobase editing can effect much more efficient targeted single-base editing in human cells than Cas9-mediated HDR, and with much less (NBE3) or no (NBE2) indel formation. - Next, the off-target activity of NBE1, NBE2, and NBE3 in human cells was evaluated. The off-target activities of Cas9, dCas9, and Cas9 nickase have been extensively) studied (
FIGS. 23 to 24 and 31 to 33 ).54,60-62 Because the sequence preference of rAPOBEC1 has been shown to be independent of DNA bases more than one base from the target C,63 consistent with the sequence context independence observed inFIGS. 12A to 12B , it was assumed that potential off-target activity of nucleobase editors arises from off-target Cas9 binding. Since only a fraction of Cas9 off-target sites will have a C within the active window for nucleobase editing, off-target nucleobase editing sites should be a subset of the off-target sites of canonical Cas9 variants. For each of the six sites studied, the top ten known Cas9 off-target loci in human cells that were previously determined using the GUIDE-seq method were sequenced (FIGS. 23 to 27 and 31 to 33 ).54,61 Detectable off-target nucleobase editing at only a subset (16/34, 47% for NBE1 and NBE2, and 17/34, 50% for NBE3) of known dCas9 off-target loci was observed. In all cases, the off-target base-editing substrates contained a C within the five-base target window. In general, off-target C to T conversion paralleled off-target Cas9 nuclease-mediated genome modification frequencies (FIGS. 23 to 27 ). Also monitored were C to T conversions at 2,500 distinct cytosines surrounding the six on-target and 34 off-target loci tested, representing a total of 14,700,000 sequence reads derived from approximately 1.8×106 cells, and observed no detectable increase in C to T conversions at any of these other sites upon NBE1, NBE2, or NBE3 treatment compared to that of untreated cells (FIG. 28 ). Taken together, these findings suggest that off-target substrates of nucleobase editors include a subset of Cas9 off-target substrates, and that nucleobase editors in human cells do not induce untargeted C to T conversion throughout the genome at levels that can be detected by the methods used here. No substantial change was observed in editing efficiency between non-passaged HEK293T cells (editing observed in 1.8% to 2.6% of sequenced strands for the three target Cs with BE2, and 6.2% to 14.3% with BE3) and cells that had undergone approximately five cell divisions after base editing (editing observed in 1.9% to 2.3% of sequenced strands for the same target Cs with BE2, and 6.4% to 14.5% with BE3), confirming that base edits in these cells are durable (Extended DataFIG. 6 ). - Finally, the potential of nucleobase editing to correct three disease-relevant mutations in mammalian cells was tested. The apolipoprotein E gene variant APOE4 encodes two Arg residues at
amino acid positions positions FIGS. 16A to 16B ), this conversion was attempted in immortalized mouse astrocytes in which the endogenous murine APOE gene has been replaced by human APOE4 (Taconic). DNA encoding NBE3 and an appropriate sgRNA was delivered into these astrocytes by nucleofection (nucleofection efficiency of 25%), extracted genomic DNA from all treated cells two days later, and measured editing efficiency by HTS. Conversion of Arg158 to Cys158 was observed in 58-75% of total DNA sequencing reads (44% of nucleofected astrocytes) (FIGS. 14A to 14C andFIG. 30A ). Also observed was 36-50% editing of total DNA at the third position ofcodon 158 and 38-55% editing of total DNA at the first position of Leu159, as expected since all three of these Cs are within the active nucleobase editing window. However, neither of the other two C→T conversions results in a change in the amino acid sequence of the ApoE3′ protein since both TGC and TGT encode Cys, and both CTG and TTG encode Leu. From >1,500,000 sequencing reads derived from 1×106 cells evidence of 1.7% indels at the targeted locus following NBE3 treatment was observed (FIG. 35 ). In contrast, identical treatment of astrocytes with wt Cas9 and donor ssDNA resulted in 0.1-0.3% APOE4 correction and 26-40% indels at the targeted locus, efficiencies consistent with previous reports of single-base correction using Cas9 and HDR45,75 (FIG. 30A andFIG. 40A ). Astrocytes treated identically but with an sgRNA targeting the VEGFA locus displayed no evidence of APOE4 base editing (FIG. 34 andFIG. 40A ). These results demonstrate how nucleobase editors can effect precise, single-amino acid changes in the coding sequence of a protein as the major product of editing, even when their processivity results in more than one nucleotide change in genomic DNA. The off-target activities of Cas9, dCas9, and Cas9 nickase have been extensively studied.54, 60-62 In general, off-target C to T conversions by BE1, BE2, and BE3 paralleled off-target Cas9 nuclease-mediated genome modification frequencies. - The dominant-negative p53 mutations Tyr163Cys and Asn239Asp are strongly associated with several types of cancer.66-67 Both of these mutations can be corrected by a C to T conversion on the template strand (
FIGS. 16A to 16B ). A human breast cancer cell line homozygous for the p53 Tyr163Cys mutation (HCC1954 cells) was nucleofected with DNA encoding NBE3 and an sgRNA programmed to correct Tyr163Cys. Because the nucleofection efficiency of HCC1954 cells was <10%, a plasmid expressing IRFP was co-nucleofected into these cells to enable isolation of nucleofected cells by fluorescence-activated cell sorting two days after treatment. HTS of genomic DNA revealed correction of the Tyr163Cys mutation in 7.6% of nucleofected HCC1954 cells (FIG. 30B andFIG. 40A to 40B ). Also nucleofected was a human lymphoma cell line that is heterozygous for p53 Asn239Asp (ST486 cells) with DNA encoding NBE2 and an sgRNA programmed to correct Asn239Asp with 92% nucleofection efficiency). Correction of the Asn239Asp mutation was observed in 11% of treated ST486 cells (12% of nucleofected ST486 cells). Consistent with the findings in HEK cells, no indels were observed from the treatment of ST486 cells with NBE2, and 0.6% indel formation from the treatment of HCC1954 cells with NBE3. No other DNA changes within at least 50 base pairs of both sides of the protospacer were detected at frequencies above that of untreated controls out of >2,000,000 sequencing reads derived from 2×105 cells (FIGS. 14A to 14C ,FIG. 30B ). These results collectively represent the conversion of three disease-associated alleles in genomic DNA into their wild-type forms with an efficiency and lack of other genome modification events that is, to our knowledge, not currently achievable using other methods. - To illuminate the potential relevance of nucleobase editors to address human genetic diseases, the NCBI ClinVar database68 was searched for known genetic diseases that could in principle be corrected by this approach. ClinVar was filtered by first examining only single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), then removing any nonpathogenic variants. Out of the 24,670 pathogenic SNPs, 3,956 are caused by either a T to C, or an A to G, substitution. This list was further filtered to only include variants with a nearby NGG PAM that would position the SNP within the deamination activity window, resulting in 1,089 clinically relevant pathogenic gene variants that could in principle be corrected by the nucleobase editors described here (
FIG. 21 ). - In some embodiments, any of the base editors provided herein may be used to treat a disease or disorder. For example, any base editors provided herein may be used to correct one or more mutations associated with any of the diseases or disorders provided herein. Exemplary diseases or disorders that may be treated include, without limitation, 3-Methylglutaconic aciduria type 2, 46,XY gonadal dysgenesis, 4-Alpha-hydroxyphenylpyruvate hydroxylase deficiency, 6-pyruvoyl-tetrahydropterin synthase deficiency, achromatopsia, Acid-labile subunit deficiency, Acrodysostosis, acroerythrokeratoderma, ACTH resistance, ACTH-independent macronodular adrenal hyperplasia, Activated PI3K-delta syndrome, Acute intermittent porphyria, Acute myeloid leukemia, Adams-Oliver syndrome 1/5/6, Adenylosuccinate lyase deficiency, Adrenoleukodystrophy, Adult neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis, Adult onset ataxia with oculomotor apraxia, Advanced sleep phase syndrome, Age-related macular degeneration, Alagille syndrome, Alexander disease, Allan-Herndon-Dudley syndrome, Alport syndrome, X-linked recessive, Alternating hemiplegia of childhood, Alveolar capillary dysplasia with misalignment of pulmonary veins, Amelogenesis imperfecta, Amyloidogenic transthyretin amyloidosis, Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Anemia (nonspherocytic hemolytic, due to G6PD deficiency), Anemia (sideroblastic, pyridoxine-refractory, autosomal recessive), Anonychia, Antithrombin III deficiency, Aortic aneurysm, Aplastic anemia, Apolipoprotein C2 deficiency, Apparent mineralocorticoid excess, Aromatase deficiency, Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy, Familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, Arthrogryposis multiplex congenital, Aspartylglycosaminuria, Asphyxiating thoracic dystrophy, Ataxia with vitamin E deficiency, Ataxia (spastic), Atrial fibrillation, Atrial septal defect, atypical hemolytic-uremic syndrome, autosomal dominant CD11C+/CD1C+ dendritic cell deficiency, Autosomal dominant progressive external ophthalmoplegia with mitochondrial DNA deletions, Baraitser-Winter syndrome, Bartter syndrome, Basa ganglia calcification, Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome, Benign familial neonatal seizures, Benign scapuloperoneal muscular dystrophy, Bernard Soulier syndrome, Beta thalassemia intermedia, Beta-D-mannosidosis, Bietti crystalline corneoretinal dystrophy, Bile acid malabsorption, Biotinidase deficiency, Borjeson-Forssman-Lehmann syndrome, Boucher Neuhauser syndrome, Bowen-Conradi syndrome, Brachydactyly, Brown-Vialetto-Van laere syndrome, Brugada syndrome, Cardiac arrhythmia, Cardiofaciocutaneous syndrome, Cardiomyopathy, Carnevale syndrome, Carnitine palmitoyltransferase II deficiency, Carpenter syndrome, Cataract, Catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia, Central core disease, Centromeric instability of chromosomes 1,9 and 16 and immunodeficiency, Cerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathy, Cerebro-oculo-facio-skeletal syndrome, Ceroid lipofuscinosis, Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, Cholestanol storage disease, Chondrocalcinosis, Chondrodysplasia, Chronic progressive multiple sclerosis, Coenzyme Q10 deficiency, Cohen syndrome, Combined deficiency of factor V and factor VIII, Combined immunodeficiency, Combined oxidative phosphorylation deficiency, Combined partial 17-alpha-hydroxylase/17,20-lyase deficiency, Complement factor d deficiency, Complete combined 17-alpha-hydroxylase/17,20-lyase deficiency, Cone-rod dystrophy, Congenital contractural arachnodactyly, Congenital disorder of glycosylation, Congenital lipomatous overgrowth, Neoplasm of ovary, PIK3CA Related Overgrowth Spectrum, Congenital long QT syndrome, Congenital muscular dystrophy, Congenital muscular hypertrophy-cerebral syndrome, Congenital myasthenic syndrome, Congenital myopathy with fiber type disproportion, Eichsfeld type congenital muscular dystrophy, Congenital stationary night blindness, Corneal dystrophy, Cornelia de Lange syndrome, Craniometaphyseal dysplasia, Crigler Najjar syndrome, Crouzon syndrome, Cutis laxa with osteodystrophy, Cyanosis, Cystic fibrosis, Cystinosis, Cytochrome-c oxidase deficiency, Mitochondrial complex I deficiency, D-2-hydroxyglutaric aciduria, Danon disease, Deafness with labyrinthine aplasia microtia and microdontia (LAMM), Deafness, Deficiency of acetyl-CoA acetyltransferase, Deficiency of ferroxidase, Deficiency of UDPglucose-hexose-1-phosphate uridylyltransferase, Dejerine-Sottas disease, Desbuquois syndrome, DFNA, Diabetes mellitus type 2, Diabetes-deafness syndrome, Diamond-Blackfan anemia, Diastrophic dysplasia, Dihydropteridine reductase deficiency, Dihydropyrimidinase deficiency, Dilated cardiomyopathy, Disseminated atypical mycobacterial infection, Distal arthrogryposis, Distal hereditary motor neuronopathy, Donnai Barrow syndrome, Duchenne muscular dystrophy, Becker muscular dystrophy, Dyschromatosis universalis hereditaria, Dyskeratosis congenital, Dystonia, Early infantile epileptic encephalopathy, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, Eichsfeld type congenital muscular dystrophy, Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy, Enamel-renal syndrome, Epidermolysis bullosa dystrophica inversa, Epidermolysis bullosa herpetiformis, Epilepsy, Episodic ataxia, Erythrokeratodermia variabilis, Erythropoietic protoporphyria, Exercise intolerance, Exudative vitreoretinopathy, Fabry disease, Factor V deficiency, Factor VII deficiency, Factor xiii deficiency, Familial adenomatous polyposis, breast cancer, ovarian cancer, cold urticarial, chronic infantile neurological, cutaneous and articular syndrome, hemiplegic migraine, hypercholesterolemia, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, hypoalphalipoproteinemia, hypokalemia-hypomagnesemia, juvenile gout, hyperlipoproteinemia, visceral amyloidosis, hypophosphatemic vitamin D refractory rickets, FG syndrome, Fibrosis of extraocular muscles, Finnish congenital nephrotic syndrome, focal epilepsy, Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis, Frontonasal dysplasia, Frontotemporal dementia, Fructose-biphosphatase deficiency, Gamstorp-Wohlfart syndrome, Ganglioside sialidase deficiency, GATA-1-related thrombocytopenia, Gaucher disease, Giant axonal neuropathy, Glanzmann thrombasthenia, Glomerulocystic kidney disease, Glomerulopathy, Glucocorticoid resistance, Glucose-6-phosphate transport defect, Glutaric aciduria, Glycogen storage disease, Gorlin syndrome, Holoprosencephaly, GRACILE syndrome, Haemorrhagic telangiectasia, Hemochromatosis, Hemoglobin H disease, Hemolytic anemia, Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis, Carcinoma of colon, Myhre syndrome, leukoencephalopathy, Hereditary factor IX deficiency disease, Hereditary factor VIII deficiency disease, Hereditary factor XI deficiency disease, Hereditary fructosuria, Hereditary Nonpolyposis Colorectal Neoplasm, Hereditary pancreatitis, Hereditary pyropoikilocytosis, Elliptocytosis, Heterotaxy, Heterotopia, Histiocytic medullary reticulosis, Histiocytosis-lymphadenopathy plus syndrome, HNSHA due to aldolase A deficiency, Holocarboxylase synthetase deficiency, Homocysteinemia, Howel-Evans syndrome, Hydatidiform mole, Hypercalciuric hypercalcemia, Hyperimmunoglobulin D, Mevalonic aciduria, Hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia, Hyperkalemic Periodic Paralysis, Paramyotonia congenita of von Eulenburg, Hyperlipoproteinemia, Hypermanganesemia, Hypermethioninemia, Hyperphosphatasemia, Hypertension, hypomagnesemia, Hypobetalipoproteinemia, Hypocalcemia, Hypogonadotropic hypogonadism, Hypogonadotropic hypogonadism, Hypohidrotic ectodermal dysplasia, Hyper-IgM immunodeficiency, Hypohidrotic X-linked ectodermal dysplasia, Hypomagnesemia, Hypoparathyroidism, Idiopathic fibrosing alveolitis, Immunodeficiency, Immunoglobulin A deficiency, Infantile hypophosphatasia, Infantile Parkinsonism-dystonia, Insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, Intermediate maple syrup urine disease, Ischiopatellar dysplasia, Islet cell hyperplasia, Isolated growth hormone deficiency, Isolated lutropin deficiency, Isovaleric acidemia, Joubert syndrome, Juvenile polyposis syndrome, Juvenile retinoschisis, Kallmann syndrome, Kartagener syndrome, Kugelberg-Welander disease, Lattice corneal dystrophy, Leber congenital amaurosis, Leber optic atrophy, Left ventricular noncompaction, Leigh disease, Mitochondrial complex I deficiency, Leprechaunism syndrome, Arthrogryposis, Anterior horn cell disease, Leukocyte adhesion deficiency, Leukodystrophy, Leukoencephalopathy, Ovarioleukodystrophy, L-ferritin deficiency, Li-Fraumeni syndrome, Limb-girdle muscular dystrophy-dystroglycanopathy, Loeys-Dietz syndrome, Long QT syndrome, Macrocephaly/autism syndrome, Macular corneal dystrophy, Macular dystrophy, Malignant hyperthermia susceptibility, Malignant tumor of prostate, Maple syrup urine disease, Marden Walker like syndrome, Marfan syndrome, Marie Unna hereditary hypotrichosis, Mast cell disease, Meconium ileus, Medium-chain acyl-coenzyme A dehydrogenase deficiency, Melnick-Fraser syndrome, Mental retardation, Merosin deficient congenital muscular dystrophy, Mesothelioma, Metachromatic leukodystrophy, Metaphyseal chondrodysplasia, Methemoglobinemia, methylmalonic aciduria, homocystinuria, Microcephaly, chorioretinopathy, lymphedema, Microphthalmia, Mild non-PKU hyperphenylalanemia, Mitchell-Riley syndrome, mitochondrial 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA synthase deficiency, Mitochondrial complex I deficiency, Mitochondrial complex III deficiency, Mitochondrial myopathy, Mucolipidosis III, Mucopolysaccharidosis, Multiple sulfatase deficiency, Myasthenic syndrome, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Myeloperoxidase deficiency, Myhre syndrome, Myoclonic epilepsy, Myofibrillar myopathy, Myoglobinuria, Myopathy, Myopia, Myotonia congenital, Navajo neurohepatopathy, Nemaline myopathy, Neoplasm of stomach, Nephrogenic diabetes insipidus, Nephronophthisis, Nephrotic syndrome, Neurofibromatosis, Neutral lipid storage disease, Niemann-Pick disease, Non-ketotic hyperglycinemia, Noonan syndrome, Noonan syndrome-like disorder, Norum disease, Macular degeneration, N-terminal acetyltransferase deficiency, Oculocutaneous albinism, Oculodentodigital dysplasia, Ohdo syndrome, Optic nerve aplasia, Ornithine carbamoyltransferase deficiency, Orofaciodigital syndrome, Osteogenesis imperfecta, Osteopetrosis, Ovarian dysgenesis, Pachyonychia, Palmoplantar keratoderma, nonepidermolytic, Papillon-Lef\xc3\xa8vre syndrome, Haim-Munk syndrome, Periodontitis, Peeling skin syndrome, Pendred syndrome, Peroxisomal fatty acyl-coa reductase 1 disorder, Peroxisome biogenesis disorder, Pfeiffer syndrome, Phenylketonuria, Phenylketonuria, Hyperphenylalaninemia, non-PKU, Pituitary hormone deficiency, Pityriasis rubra pilaris, Polyarteritis nodosa, Polycystic kidney disease, Polycystic lipomembranous osteodysplasia, Polymicrogyria, Pontocerebellar hypoplasia, Porokeratosis, Posterior column ataxia, Primary erythromelalgia, hyperoxaluria, Progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis, Progressive pseudorheumatoid dysplasia, Propionic acidemia, Pseudohermaphroditism, Pseudohypoaldosteronism, Pseudoxanthoma elasticum-like disorder, Purine-nucleoside phosphorylase deficiency, Pyridoxal 5-phosphate-dependent epilepsy, Renal dysplasia, retinal pigmentary dystrophy, cerebellar ataxia, skeletal dysplasia, Reticular dysgenesis, Retinitis pigmentosa, Usher syndrome, Retinoblastoma, Retinopathy, RRM2B-related mitochondrial disease, Rubinstein-Taybi syndrome, Schnyder crystalline corneal dystrophy, Sebaceous tumor, Severe congenital neutropenia, Severe myoclonic epilepsy in infancy, Severe X-linked myotubular myopathy, onychodysplasia, facial dysmorphism, hypotrichosis, Short-rib thoracic dysplasia, Sialic acid storage disease, Sialidosis, Sideroblastic anemia, Small fiber neuropathy, Smith-Magenis syndrome, Sorsby fundus dystrophy, Spastic ataxia, Spastic paraplegia, Spermatogenic failure, Spherocytosis, Sphingomyelin/cholesterol lipidosis, Spinocerebellar ataxia, Split-hand/foot malformation, Spondyloepimetaphyseal dysplasia, Platyspondylic lethal skeletal dysplasia, Squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck, Stargardt disease, Sucrase-isomaltase deficiency, Sudden infant death syndrome, Supravalvar aortic stenosis, Surfactant metabolism dysfunction, Tangier disease, Tatton-Brown-rahman syndrome, Thoracic aortic aneurysms and aortic dissections, Thrombophilia, Thyroid hormone resistance, TNF receptor-associated periodic fever syndrome (TRAPS), Tooth agenesis, Torsades de pointes, Transposition of great arteries, Treacher Collins syndrome, Tuberous sclerosis syndrome, Tyrosinase-negative oculocutaneous albinism, Tyrosinase-positive oculocutaneous albinism, Tyrosinemia, UDPglucose-4-epimerase deficiency, Ullrich congenital muscular dystrophy, Bethlem myopathy Usher syndrome, UV-sensitive syndrome, Van der Woude syndrome, popliteal pterygium syndrome, Very long chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency, Vesicoureteral reflux, Vitreoretinochoroidopathy, Von Hippel-Lindau syndrome, von Willebrand disease, Waardenburg syndrome, Warsaw breakage syndrome, WFS1-Related Disorders, Wilson disease, Xeroderma pigmentosum, X-linked agammaglobulinemia, X-linked hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy, X-linked severe combined immunodeficiency, and Zellweger syndrome.
- The development of nucleobase editing advances both the scope and effectiveness of genome editing. The nucleobase editors described here offer researchers a choice of editing with virtually no indel formation (NBE2), or more efficient editing with a low frequency (here, typically ≤1%) of indel formation (NBE3). That the product of base editing is, by definition, no longer a substrate likely contributes to editing efficiency by preventing subsequent product transformation, which can hamper traditional Cas9 applications. By removing the reliance on double-stranded DNA cleavage and stochastic DNA repair processes that vary greatly by cell state and cell type, nucleobase editing has the potential to expand the type of genome modifications that can be cleanly installed, the efficiency of these modifications, and the type of cells that are amenable to editing. It is likely that recent engineered Cas9 variants69,70,82 or delivery methods71 with improved DNA specificity, as well as Cas9 variants with altered PAM specificities,72 can be integrated into this strategy to provide additional nucleobase editors with improved DNA specificity or that can target an even wider range of disease-associated mutations. These findings also suggest that engineering additional fusions of dCas9 with enzymes that catalyze additional nucleobase transformations will increase the fraction of the possible DNA base changes that can be made through nucleobase editing. These results also suggest architectures for the fusion of other DNA-modifying enzymes, including methylases and demathylases, that mau enable additional types of programmable genome and epigenome base editing.
- Cloning.
- DNA sequences of all constructs and primers used in this paper are listed in the Supplementary Sequences. Plasmids containing genes encoding NBE1, NBE2, and NBE3 will be available from Addgene. PCR was performed using VeraSeq ULtra DNA polymerase (Enzymatics), or Q5 Hot Start High-Fidelity DNA Polymerase (New England Biolabs). NBE plasmids were constructed using USER cloning (New England Biolabs). Deaminase genes were synthesized as gBlocks Gene Fragments (Integrated DNA Technologies), and Cas9 genes were obtained from previously reported plasmids.18 Deaminase and fusion genes were cloned into pCMV (mammalian codon-optimized) or pET28b (E. coli codon-optimized) backbones. sgRNA expression plasmids were constructed using site-directed mutagenesis. Briefly, the primers listed in the Supplementary Sequences were 5′ phosphorylated using T4 Polynucleotide Kinase (New England Biolabs) according to the manufacturer's instructions. Next, PCR was performed using Q5 Hot Start High-Fidelity Polymerase (New England Biolabs) with the phosphorylated primers and the plasmid pFYF1320 (EGFP sgRNA expression plasmid) as a template according to the manufacturer's instructions. PCR products were incubated with DpnI (20 U, New England Biolabs) at 37° C. for 1 h, purified on a QIAprep spin column (Qiagen), and ligated using QuickLigase (New England Biolabs) according to the manufacturer's instructions. DNA vector amplification was carried out using Mach1 competent cells (ThermoFisher Scientific).
- In Vitro Deaminase Assay on ssDNA.
- Sequences of all ssDNA substrates are listed in the Supplementary Sequences. All Cy3-labelled substrates were obtained from Integrated DNA Technologies (IDT). Deaminases were expressed in vitro using the TNT T7 Quick Coupled Transcription/Translation Kit (Promega) according to the manufacturer's instructions using 1 μg of plasmid. Following protein expression, 5 μL of lysate was combined with 35 μL of ssDNA (1.8 μM) and USER enzyme (1 unit) in CutSmart buffer (New England Biolabs) (50 mM potassium acetate, 29 mM Trisacetate, 10 mM magnesium acetate, 100 ug/mL BSA, pH 7.9) and incubated at 37° C. for 2 h. Cleaved U-containing substrates were resolved from full-length unmodified substrates on a 10% TBE-urea gel (Bio-Rad).
- Expression and Purification of His6-rAPOBEC1-Linker-dCas9 Fusions.
- E. Coli BL21 STAR (DE3)-competent cells (ThermoFisher Scientific) were transformed with plasmids encoding pET28b-His6-rAPOBEC-linker-dCas9 with GGS, (GGS)3, (SEQ ID NO: 610) XTEN, or (GGS)7 (SEQ ID NO: 610) linkers. The resulting expression strains were grown overnight in Luria-Bertani (LB) broth containing 100 μg/mL of kanamycin at 37° C. The cells were diluted 1:100 into the same growth medium and grown at 37° C. to OD600=˜0.6. The culture was cooled to 4° C. over a period of 2 h, and isopropyl-β-D-1-thiogalactopyranoside (IPTG) was added at 0.5 mM to induce protein expression. After ˜16 h, the cells were collected by centrifugation at 4,000 g and resuspended in lysis buffer (50 mM tris(hydroxymethyl)-aminomethane (Tris)-HCl, pH 7.0, 1 M NaCl, 20% glycerol, 10 mM tris(2-carboxyethyl)phosphine (TCEP, Softer; Ventures)). The cells were lysed by sonication (20 s pulse-on, 20 s pulse-off for 8 min total at 6 W output) and the lysate supernatant was isolated following centrifugation at 25,000 g for 15 min. The lysate was incubated with His-Pur nickel-nitriloacetic acid (nickel-NTA) resin (ThermoFisher Scientific) at 4° C. for 1 h to capture the His-tagged fusion protein. The resin was transferred to a column and washed with 40 mL of lysis buffer. The His-tagged fusion protein was eluted in lysis buffer supplemented with 285 mM imidazole, and concentrated by ultrafiltration (Amicon-Millipore, 100-kDa molecular weight cut-off) to 1 mL total volume. The protein was diluted to 20 mL in low-salt purification buffer containing 50 mM tris(hydroxymethyl)-aminomethane (Tris)-HCl, pH 7.0, 0.1 M NaCl, 20% glycerol, 1.0 mM TCEP and loaded onto SP Sepharose Fast Flow resin (GE Life Sciences). The resin was washed with 40 mL of this low-salt buffer, and the protein eluted with 5 mL of activity buffer containing 50 mM tris(hydroxymethyl)-aminomethane, (Tris)-HCl, pH 7.0, 0.5 M NaCl, 20% glycerol, 10 mM TCEP. The eluted proteins were quantified on a SDSPAGE gel.
- In Vitro Transcription of sgRNAs.
- Linear DNA fragments containing the T7 promoter followed by the 20-bp sgRNA target sequence were transcribed in vitro using the primers listed in the Supplementary Sequences with the TranscriptAid T7 High Yield Transcription Kit (ThermoFisher Scientific) according to the manufacturer's instructions. sgRNA products were purified using the MEGAclear Kit (ThermoFisher Scientific) according to the manufacturer's instructions and quantified by UV absorbance.
- Preparation of Cy3-Conjugated dsDNA Substrates.
- Sequences of 80-nucleotide unlabeled strands are listed in the Supplementary Sequences and were ordered as PAGE-purified oligonucleotides from IDT. The 25-nt Cy3-labeled primer listed in the Supplementary Sequences is complementary to the 3′ end of each 80-nt substrate. This primer was ordered as an HPLC-purified oligonucleotide from IDT. To generate the Cy3-labeled dsDNA substrates, the 80-nt strands (5 μL of a 100 μM solution) were combined with the Cy3-labeled primer (5 pt of a 100 μM solution) in NEBuffer 2 (38.25 μL of a 50 mM NaCl, 10 mMTris-HCl, 10 mM MgCl2, 1 mM DTT, pH 7.9 solution, New England Biolabs) with dNTPs (0.75 μL of a 100 mM solution) and heated to 95° C. for 5 min, followed by a gradual cooling to 45° C. at a rate of 0.1° C./s. After this annealing period, Klenow exo− (5 U, New England Biolabs) was added and the reaction was incubated at 37° C. for 1 h. The solution was diluted with Buffer PB (250 Qiagen) and isopropanol (50 μL) and purified on a QIAprep spin column (Qiagen), eluting with 50 μL of Tris buffer.
- Deaminase Assay on dsDNA.
- The purified fusion protein (20 μL of 1.9 μM in activity buffer) was combined with 1 equivalent of appropriate sgRNA and incubated at ambient temperature for 5 min. The Cy3-labeled dsDNA substrate was added to final concentration of 125 nM and the resulting solution was incubated at 37° C. for 2 h. The dsDNA was separated from the fusion by the addition of Buffer PB (100 μL, Qiagen) and isopropanol (25 μL) and purified on a EconoSpin micro spin column (Epoch Life Science), eluting with 20 μL of CutSmart buffer (New England Biolabs). USER enzyme (1 U, New England Biolabs) was added to the purified, edited dsDNA and incubated at 37° C. for 1 h. The Cy3-labeled strand was fully denatured from its complement by combining 5 μL of the reaction solution with 15 μL of a DMSO-based loading buffer (5 mM Tris, 0.5 mM EDTA, 12.5% glycerol, 0.02% bromophenol blue, 0.02% xylene cyan, 80% DMSO). The full-length C-containing substrate was separated from any cleaved, U-containing edited substrates on a 10% TBE-urea gel (Bio-Rad) and imaged on a GE Amersham Typhoon imager.
- Preparation of In Vitro-Edited dsDNA for High-Throughput Sequencing (HTS).
- The oligonucleotides listed in the Supplementary Sequences were obtained from IDT. Complementary sequences were combined (5 μL of a 100 μM solution) in Tris buffer and annealed by heating to 95° C. for 5 min, followed by a gradual cooling to 45° C. at a rate of 0.1° C./s to generate 60-bp dsDNA substrates. Purified fusion protein (20 μL of 1.9 μM in activity buffer) was combined with 1 equivalent of appropriate sgRNA and incubated at ambient temperature for 5 min. The 60-mer dsDNA substrate was added to final concentration of 125 nM and the resulting solution was incubated at 37° C. for 2 h. The dsDNA was separated from the fusion by the addition of Buffer PB (100 μL, Qiagen) and isopropanol (25 μL) and purified on a EconoSpin micro spin column (Epoch Life Science), eluting with 20 μL of Tris buffer. The resulting edited DNA (1 μL was used as a template) was amplified by PCR using the HTS primer pairs specified in the Supplementary Sequences and VeraSeq Ultra (Enzymatics) according to the manufacturer's instructions with 13 cycles of amplification. PCR reaction products were purified using RapidTips (Diffinity Genomics), and the purified DNA was amplified by PCR with primers containing sequencing adapters, purified, and sequenced on a MiSeq high-throughput DNA sequencer (Illumina) as previously described.73
- Cell Culture.
- HEK293T (ATCC CRL-3216), U2OS (ATCC-HTB-96) and ST486 cells (ATCC) were maintained in Dulbecco's Modified Eagle's Medium plus GlutaMax (ThermoFisher) supplemented with 10% (v/v) fetal bovine serum (FBS) and penicillin/streptomycin (1×, Amresco), at 37° C. with 5% CO2. HCC1954 cells (ATCC CRL-2338) were maintained in RPMI-1640 medium (ThermoFisher Scientific) supplemented as described above. Immortalized rat astrocytes containing the ApoE4 isoform of the APOE gene (Taconic Biosciences) were cultured in Dulbecco's Modified Eagle's Medium plus GlutaMax (ThermoFisher Scientific) supplemented with 10% (v/v) fetal bovine serum (FBS) and 200 μg/mL Geneticin (ThermoFisher Scientific).
- Transfections.
- HEK293T cells were seeded on 48-well collagen-coated BioCoat plates (Corning) and transfected at approximately 85% confluency. Briefly, 750 ng of NBE and 250 ng of sgRNA expression plasmids were transfected using 1.5 μl of Lipofectamine 2000 (ThermoFisher Scientific) per well according to the manufacturer's protocol. Astrocytes, U2OS, HCC1954, HEK293T and ST486 cells were transfected using appropriate AMAXA NUCLEOFECTOR™ II programs according to manufacturer's instructions. 40 ng of infrared RFP (Addgene plasmid 45457)74 was added to the nucleofection solution to assess nucleofection efficiencies in these cell lines. For astrocytes, U2OS, and ST486 cells, nucleofection efficiencies were 25%, 74%, and 92%, respectively. For HCC1954 cells, nucleofection efficiency was <10%. Therefore, following trypsinization, the HCC1954 cells were filtered through a 40 micron strainer (Fisher Scientific), and the nucleofected HCC1954 cells were collected on a Beckman Coulter MoFlo XDP Cell Sorter using the iRFP signal (abs 643 nm, em 670 nm). The other cells were used without enrichment of nucleofected cells.
- High-Throughput DNA Sequencing of Genomic DNA Samples.
- Transfected cells were harvested after 3 d and the genomic DNA was isolated using the Agencourt DNAdvance Genomic DNA Isolation Kit (Beckman Coulter) according to the manufacturer's instructions. On-target and off-target genomic regions of interest were amplified by PCR with flanking HTS primer pairs listed in the Supplementary Sequences. PCR amplification was carried out with Phusion high-fidelity DNA polymerase (ThermoFisher) according to the manufacturer's instructions using 5 ng of genomic DNA as a template. Cycle numbers were determined separately for each primer pair as to ensure the reaction was stopped in the linear range of amplification (30, 28, 28, 28, 32, and 32 cycles for EMX1, FANCF,
HEK293 site 2,HEK293 site 3,HEK293 site 4, and RNF2 primers, respectively). PCR products were purified using RapidTips (Diffinity Genomics). Purified DNA was amplified by PCR with primers containing sequencing adaptors. The products were gel-purified and quantified using the QUANT-IT™ PicoGreen dsDNA Assay Kit (ThermoFisher) and KAPA Library Quantification Kit-Illumina (KAPA Biosystems). Samples were sequenced on an Illumina MiSeq as previously described.73 - Data Analysis.
- Sequencing reads were automatically demultiplexed using MiSeq Reporter (Illumina), and individual FASTQ files were analyzed with a custom Matlab script provided in the Supplementary Notes. Each read was pairwise aligned to the appropriate reference sequence using the Smith-Waterman algorithm. Base calls with a Q-score below 31 were replaced with N's and were thus excluded in calculating nucleotide frequencies. This treatment yields an expected MiSeq base-calling error rate of approximately 1 in 1,000. Aligned sequences in which the read and reference sequence contained no gaps were stored in an alignment table from which base frequencies could be tabulated for each locus.
- Indel frequencies were quantified with a custom Matlab script shown in the Supplementary Notes using previously described criteria71. Sequencing reads were scanned for exact matches to two 10-bp sequences that flank both sides of a window in which indels might occur. If no exact matches were located, the read was excluded from analysis. If the length of this indel window exactly matched the reference sequence the read was classified as not containing an indel. If the indel window was two or more bases longer or shorter than the reference sequence, then the sequencing read was classified as an insertion or deletion, respectively.
- All publications, patents, patent applications, publication, and database entries (e.g., sequence database entries) mentioned herein, e.g., in the Background, Summary, Detailed Description, Examples, and/or References sections, are hereby incorporated by reference in their entirety as if each individual publication, patent, patent application, publication, and database entry was specifically and individually incorporated herein by reference. In case of conflict, the present application, including any definitions herein, will control.
- Primers Used for Generating sgRNA Transfection Plasmids.
- rev_sgRNA_plasmid was used in all cases. The pFYF1320 plasmid was used as template as noted in Materials and Methods section. SEQ ID NOs: 187-196 appear from top to bottom below, respectively.
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rev_sgRNA_plasmid GGTGTTTCGTCCTTTCCACAAG fxd_p53_Y163C GCTTGCAGATGGCCATGGCGGTTTTAGAGCTAGAAATAGCAAGTTAAAATAAGGC fwd_p53_N239D TGTCACACATGTAGTTGTAGGTTTTAGAGCTAGAAATAGCAAGTTAAAATAAGGC fwd_APOE4_C158R GAAGCGCCTGGCAGTGTACCGTTTTAGAGCTAGAAATAGCAAGTTAAAATAAGGC fwd_EMX1 GAGTCCGAGCAGAAGAAGAAGTTTTAGAGCTAGAAATAGCAAGTTAAAATAAGGC fwd_FANCF GGAATCCCTTCTGCAGCACCGTTTTAGAGCTAGAAATAGCAAGTTAAAATAAGGC fwd_HEK293_2 GAACACAAAGCATAGACTGCGTTTTAGAGCTAGAAATAGCAAGTTAAAATAAGGC fwd_HEK293_3 GGCCCAGACTGAGCACGTGAGTTTTAGAGCTAGAAATAGCAAGTTAAAATAAGGC fwd_HEK293_4 GGCACTGCGGCTGGAGGTGGGTTTTAGAGCTAGAAATAGCAAGTTAAAATAAGGC fwd_RNF2 GTCATCTTAGTCATTACCTGGTTTTAGAGCTAGAAATAGCAAGTTAAAATAAGGC - Sequences of all ssDNA Substrates Used in In Vitro Deaminase Assays.
- SEQ ID NOs: 197-199 appear from top to bottom below, respectively.
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rAPOBEC1 Cy3-ATTATTATTATTCCGCGGATTTATTTATTTATTTA substrate TTTATTT hAID/pmCDA1 Cy3-ATTATTATTATTAGCTATTTATTTATTTATTTATT substrate TATTT hAPOBEC3G Cy3-ATTATTATTATTCCCGGATTTATTTATTTATTTAT substrate TTATTT - Primers Used for Generating PCR Products to Serve as Substrates for T7 Transcription of sgRNAs for Gel-Based Deaminase Assay.
- rev_gRNA_T7 was used in all cases. The pFYF1320 plasmid was used as template as noted in Materials and Methods section. SEQ ID NOs: 200-223 appear from top to bottom below, respectively.
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rev_sgRNA_T7 AAAAAAAGCACCGACTCGGTG fwd_sgRNA_T7_dsDNA_2 TAATACGACTCACTATAGGCCGCGGATTTATTTATTTAAGTTTTAGAGCTAGAAATAGCA fwd_sgRNA_T7_dsDNA_3 TAATACGACTCACTATAGGTCCGCGGATTTATTTATTTAGTTTTAGAGCTAGAAATAGCA fwd_sgRNA_T7_dsDNA_4 TAATACGACTCACTATAGGTTCCGCGGATTTATTTATTAGTTTTAGAGCTAGAAATAGCA fwd_sgRNA_T7_dsDNA_5 TAATACGACTCACTATAGGATTCCGCGGATTTATTTATTGTTTTAGAGCTAGAAATAGCA fwd_sgRNA_T7_dsDNA_6 TAATACGACTCACTATAGGTATTCCGCGGATTTATTTATGTTTTAGAGCTAGAAATAGCA fwd_sgRNA_T7_dsDNA_7 TAATACGACTCACTATAGGTTATTCCGCGGATTTATTTAGTTTTAGAGCTAGAAATAGCA fwd_sgRNA_T7_dsDNA_8 TAATACGACTCACTATAGGATTATTCCGCGGATTTATTTGTTTTAGAGCTAGAAATAGCA fwd_sgRNA_T7_dsDNA_9 TAATACGACTCACTATAGGTATTATTCCGCGGATTTATTGTTTTAGAGCTAGAAATAGCA fwd_sgRNA_T7_dsDNA_10 TAATACGACTCACTATAGGATTATTATCCGCGGATTTATGTTTTAGAGCTAGAAATAGCA fwd_sgRNA_T7_dsDNA_11 TAATACGACTCACTATAGGTATTATATTCCGCGGATTTAGTTTTAGAGCTAGAAATAGCA twd_sgRNA_T7_dsDNA_12 TAATACGACTCACTATAGGTTATTATATTCCGCGGATTTGTTTTAGAGCTAGAAATAGCA fwd_sgRNA_T7_dsDNA_13 TAATACGACTCACTATAGGATTATTATATTCCGCGGATTGTTTTAGAGCTAGAAATAGCA fwd_sgRNA_T7_dsDNA_14 TAATACGACTCACTATAGGTATTATTATATTCCGCGGATGTTTTAGAGCTAGAAATAGCA fwd_sgRNA_T7_dsDNA_15 TAATACGACTCACTATAGGATTATTATTATTACCGCGGAGTTTTAGAGCTAGAAATAGCA fwd_sgRNA_T7_dsDNA_18 TAATACGACTCACTATAGGATTATTATTATTATTACCGCGTTTTAGAGCTAGAAATAGCA fwd_sgRNA_T7_dsDNA_noC TAATACGACTCACTATAGGATATTAATTTATTTATTTAAGTTTTAGAGCTAGAAATAGCA fwd_sgRNA_T7_dsDNA_APOE4_C112R TAATACGACTCACTATAGGGGAGGACGTGCGCGGCCGCCGTTTTAGAGCTAGAAATAGCA fwd_sgRNA_T7_dsDNA_APOE4_C158R TAATACGACTCACTATAGGGAAGCGCCTGGCAGTGTACCGTTTTAGAGCTAGAAATAGCA fwd_sgRNA_T7_dsDNA_CTNNB1_T41A TAATACGACTCACTATAGGCTGTGGCAGTGGCACCAGAAGTTTTAGAGCTAGAAATAGCA fwd_sgRNA_T7_dsDNA_HRAS_Q61R TAATACGACTCACTATAGGCCTCCCGGCCGGCGGTATCCGTTTTAGAGCTAGAAATAGCA fwd_sgRNA_T7_dsDNA_53_Y163C TAATACGACTCACTATAGGGCTTGCAGATGGCCATGGCGGTTTTAGAGCTAGAAATAGCA fwd_sgRNA_T7_dsDNA_53_Y236C TAATACGACTCACTATAGGACACATGCAGTTGTAGTGGAGTTTTAGAGCTAGAAATAGCA fwd_sgRNA_T7_dsDNA_53_N239D TAATACGACTCACTATAGGTGTCACACATGTAGTTGTAGGTTTTAGAGCTAGAAATAGCA - Sequences of 80-Nucleotide Unlabeled Strands and Cy3-Labeled Universal Primer Used in Gel-Based dsDNA Deaminase Assays.
- SEQ ID NOs: 224-248 appear from top to bottom below, respectively.
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Cy3-primer Cy3-GTAGGTAGTTAGGATGAATGGAAGGTTGGTA dsDNA_2 GTCCATGGATCCAGAGGTCATCCATTAAATAAATAAATCCGCGGGGCTATACCAACCTTCCATTCATCCTAACTACCTAC dsDNA_3 GTCCATGGATCCAGAGGTCATCCATAAATAAATAAATCCGCGGAAGCTATACCAACCTTCCATTCATCCTAACTACCTAC dsDNA_4 GTCCATGGATCCAGAGGTCATCCATAATAAATAAATCCGCGGAAGGCTATACCAACCTTCCATTCATCCTAACTACCTAC dsDNA_5 GTCCATGGATCCAGAGGTCATCCAAATAAATAAATCCGCGGAATGGCTATACCAACCTTCCATTCATCCTAACTACCTAC dsDNA_6 GTCCATGGATCCAGAGGTCATCCAATAAATAAATCCGCGGAATAGGCTATACCAACCTTCCATTCATCCTAACTACCTAC dsDNA_7 GTCCATGGATCCAGAGGTCATCCATAAATAAATCCGCGGAATAAGGCTATACCAACCTTCCATTCATCCTAACTACCTAC dsDNA_8 GTCCATGGATCCAGAGGTCATCCAAAATAAATCCGCGGAATAATGGCTATACCAACCTTCCATTCATCCTAACTACCTAC dsDNA_9 GTCCATGGATCCAGAGGTCATCCAAATAAATCCGCGGAATAATAGGCTATACCAACCTTCCATTCATCCTAACTACCTAC dsDNA_10 GTCCATGGATCCAGAGGTCATCCAATAAATCCGCGGATAATAATGGCTATACCAACCTTCCATTCATCCTAACTACCTAC dsDNA_11 GTCCATGGATCCAGAGGTCATCCATAAATCCGCGGAATATAATAGGCTATACCAACCTTCCATTCATCCTAACTACCTAC dsDNA_12 GTCCATGGATCCAGAGGTCATCCAAAATCCGCGGAATATAATAAGGCTATACCAACCTTCCATTCATCCTAACTACCTAC dsDNA_13 GTCCATGGATCCAGAGGTCATCCAAATCCGCGGAATATAATAATGGCTATACCAACCTTCCATTCATCCTAACTACCTAC dsDNA_14 GTCCATGGATCCAGAGGTCATCCAATCCGCGGAATATAATAATAGGCTATACCAACCTTCCATTCATCCTAACTACCTAC dsDNA_15 GTCCATGGATCCAGAGGTCATCCATCCGCGGTAATAATAATAATGGCTATACCAACCTTCCATTCATCCTAACTACCTAC dsDNA_18 GTCCATGGATCCAGAGGTCATCCAGCGGTAATAATAATAATAATGGCTATACCAACCTTCCATTCATCCTAACTACCTAC dsDNA_noC GTCCATGGATCCAGAGGTCATCCATTAAATAAATAAATTAATATTACTATACCAACCTTCCATTCATCCTAACTACCTAC dsDNA_8U 5Cy3-GTAGGTAGTTAGGATGAATGGAAGGTTGGTGTAGATTATTATCUGCGGATTTATTGGATGACCTCTGGATCCATGGACAT dsDNA_APOE_C112R GCACCTCGCCGCGGTACTGCACCAGGCGGCCGCGCACGTCCTCCATGTCTACCAACCTTCCATTCATCCTAACTACCTAC dsDNA_APOE_C158R CGGCGCCCTCGCGGGCCCCGGCCTGGTACACTGCCAGGCGCTTCTGCAGTACCAACCTTCCATTCATCCTAACTACCTAC dsDNA_CTNNB1_T41A GTCTTACCTGGACTCTGGAATCCATTCTGGTGCCACTGCCACAGCTCCTTACCAACCTTCCATTCATCCTAACTACCTAC dsDNA_HRAS_Q61R GGAGACGTGCCTGTTGGACATCCTGGATACCGCCGGCCGGGAGGAGTACTACCAACCTTCCATTCATCCTAACTACCTAC dsDNA_p53_Y163C ACCCCCGCCCGGCACCCGCGTCCGCGCCATGGCCATCTGCAAGCAGTCATACCAACCTTCCATTCATCCTAACTACCTAC dsDNA_p53_Y236C AGGTTGGCTCTGACTGTACCACCATCCACTACAACTGCATGTGTAACAGTACCAACCTTCCATTCATCCTAACTACCTAC dsDNA_p53_N239D TGGCTCTGACTGTACCACCATCCACTACAACTACATGTGTGACAGTTCCTACCAACCTTCCATTCATCCTAACTACCTAC - Primers Used for Generating PCR Products to Serve as Substrates for T7 Transcription of sgRNAs for High-Throughput Sequencing.
- rev_gRNA_T7 (above) was used in all cases. The pFYF1320 plasmid was used as template as noted in Materials and Methods section. SEQ ID NOs: 249-300 appear from top to bottom below, respectively.
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fwd_sgRNA_T7_HTS_base TAATACGACTCACTATAGGTTATTTCGTGGATTTATTTAGTTTTAGAGCTAGAAATAGCA fwd_sgRNA_T7_HTS_1A TAATACGACTCACTATAGGATATTTCGTGGATTTATTTAGTTTTAGAGCTAGAAATAGCA fwd_sgRNA_T7_HTS_1C TAATACGACTCACTATAGGCTATTTCGTGGATTTATTTAGTTTTAGAGCTAGAAATAGCA fwd_sgRNA_T7_HTS_1G TAATACGACTCACTATAGGGTATTTCGTGGATTTATTTAGTTTTAGAGCTAGAAATAGCA Fwd_sgRNA_T7_HTS_2A TAATACGACTCACTATAGGTAATTTCGTGGATTTATTTAGTTTTAGAGCTAGAAATAGCA fwd_sgRNA_T7_HTS_2C TAATACGACTCACTATAGGTCATTTCGTGGATTTATTTAGTTTTAGAGCTAGAAATAGCA fwd_sgRNA_T7_HTS_2G TAATACGACTCACTATAGGTGATTTCGTGGATTTATTTAGTTTTAGAGCTAGAAATAGCA fwd_sgRNA_T7_HTS_3T TAATACGACTCACTATAGGTTTTTTCGTGGATTTATTTAGTTTTAGAGCTAGAAATAGCA fwd_sgRNA_T7_HTS_3C TAATACGACTCACTATAGGTTCTTTCGTGGATTTATTTAGTTTTAGAGCTAGAAATAGCA fwd_sgRNA_T7_HTS_3G TAATACGACTCACTATAGGTTGTTTCGTGGATTTATTTAGTTTTAGAGCTAGAAATAGCA fwd_sgRNA_T7_HTS_4A TAATACGACTCACTATAGGTTAATTCGTGGATTTATTTAGTTTTAGAGCTAGAAATAGCA fwd_sgRNA_T7_HTS_4C TAATACGACTCACTATAGGTTACTTCGTGGATTTATTTAGTTTTAGAGCTAGAAATAGCA fwd_sgRNA_T7_HTS_4G TAATACGACTCACTATAGGTTAGTTCGTGGATTTATTTAGTTTTAGAGCTAGAAATAGCA fwd_sgRNA_T7_HTS_5A TAATACGACTCACTATAGGTTATATCGTGGATTTATTTAGTTTTAGAGCTAGAAATAGCA fwd_sgRNA_T7_HTS_5C TAATACGACTCACTATAGGTTATCTCGTGGATTTATTTAGTTTTAGAGCTAGAAATAGCA fwd_sgRNA_T7_HTS_5G TAATACGACTCACTATAGGTTATGTCGTGGATTTATTTAGTTTTAGAGCTAGAAATAGCA fwd_sgRNA_T7_HTS_6A TAATACGACTCACTATAGGTTATTACGTGGATTTATTTAGTTTTAGAGCTAGAAATAGCA fwd_sgRNA_T7_HTS_6C TAATACGACTCACTATAGGTTATTCCGTGGATTTATTTAGTTTTAGAGCTAGAAATAGCA fwd_sgRNA_T7_HTS_6G TAATACGACTCACTATAGGTTATTGCGTGGATTTATTTAGTTTTAGAGCTAGAAATAGCA fwd_sgRNA_T7_HTS_8A TAATACGACTCACTATAGGTTATTTCATGGATTTATTTAGTTTTAGAGCTAGAAATAGCA fwd_sgRNA_T7_HTS_8T TAATACGACTCACTATAGGTTATTTCTTGGATTTATTTAGTTTTAGAGCTAGAAATAGCA fwd_sgRNA_T7_HTS_8C TAATACGACTCACTATAGGTTATTTCCTGGATTTATTTAGTTTTAGAGCTAGAAATAGCA fwd_sgRNA_T7_HTS_9A TAATACGACTCACTATAGGTTATTTCGAGGATTTATTTAGTTTTAGAGCTAGAAATAGCA fwd_sgRNA_T7_HTS_9C TAATACGACTCACTATAGGTTATTTCGCGGATTTATTTAGTTTTAGAGCTAGAAATAGCA fwd_sgRNA_T7_HTS_9G TAATACGACTCACTATAGGTTATTTCGGGGATTTATTTAGTTTTAGAGCTAGAAATAGCA fwd_sgRNA_T7_HTS_10A TAATACGACTCACTATAGGTTATTTCGTAGATTTATTTAGTTTTAGAGCTAGAAATAGCA fwd_sgRNA_T7_HTS_10T TAATACGACTCACTATAGGTTATTTCGTTGATTTATTTAGTTTTAGAGCTAGAAATAGCA fwd_sgRNA_T7_HTS_10C TAATACGACTCACTATAGGTTATTTCGTCGATTTATTTAGTTTTAGAGCTAGAAATAGCA fwd_sgRNA_T7_HTS_11A TAATACGACTCACTATAGGTTATTTCGTGAATTTATTTAGTTTTAGAGCTAGAAATAGCA fwd_sgRNA_T7_HTS_11T TAATACGACTCACTATAGGTTATTTCGTGTATTTATTTAGTTTTAGAGCTAGAAATAGCA fwd_sgRNA_T7_HTS_11C TAATACGACTCACTATAGGTTATTTCGTGCATTTATTTAGTTTTAGAGCTAGAAATAGCA fwd_sgRNA_T7_HTS_12T TAATACGACTCACTATAGGTTATTTCGTGGTTTTATTTAGTTTTAGAGCTAGAAATAGCA fwd_sgRNA_T7_HTS_12C TAATACGACTCACTATAGGTTATTTCGTGGCTTTATTTAGTTTTAGAGCTAGAAATAGCA fwd_sgRNA_T7_HTS_12G TAATACGACTCACTATAGGTTATTTCGTGGGTTTATTTAGTTTTAGAGCTAGAAATAGCA fwd_sgRNA_T7_HTS_13A TAATACGACTCACTATAGGTTATTTCGTGGAATTATTTAGTTTTAGAGCTAGAAATAGCA fwd_sgRNA_T7_HTS_13C TAATACGACTCACTATAGGTTATTTCGTGGACTTATTTAGTTTTAGAGCTAGAAATAGCA fwd_sgRNA_T7_HTS_13G TAATACGACTCACTATAGGTTATTTCGTGGAGTTATTTAGTTTTAGAGCTAGAAATAGCA fwd_sgRNA_T7_HTS_muitiC TAATACGACTCACTATAGGTTCCCCCCCCGATTTATTTAGTTTTAGAGCTAGAAATAGCA fwd_sgRNA_T7_HTS_TCGCACCC_odd TAATACGACTCACTATAGGCGCACCCGTGGATTTATTTAGTTTTAGAGCTAGAAATAGCA fwd_sgRNA_T7_HTS_CCTCGCAC_odd TAATACGACTCACTATAGGCTCGCACGTGGATTTATTTAGTTTTAGAGCTAGAAATAGCA fwd_sgRNA_T7_HTS_ACCCTCGC_odd TAATACGACTCACTATAGGCCCTCGCGTGGATTTATTTAGTTTTAGAGCTAGAAATAGCA fwd_sgRNA_T7_HTS_GCACCCTC_odd TAATACGACTCACTATAGGCACCCTCGTGGATTTATTTAGTTTTAGAGCTAGAAATAGCA fwd_sgRNA_T7_HTS_TCGCACCC_even TAATACGACTCACTATAGGTCGCACCCGTGGATTTATTAGTTTTAGAGCTAGAAATAGCA fwd_sgRNA_T7_HTS_CCTCGCAC_even TAATACGACTCACTATAGGCCTCGCACGTGGATTTATTAGTTTTAGAGCTAGAAATAGCA fwd_sgRNA_T7_HTS_ACCCTCGC_even TAATACGACTCACTATAGGACCCTCGCGTGGATTTATTAGTTTTAGAGCTAGAAATAGCA fwd_sgRNA_T7_HTS_GCACCCTC_even TAATACGACTCACTATAGGGCACCCTCGTGGATTTATTAGTTTTAGAGCTAGAAATAGCA fwd_sgRNA_T7_HTS_EMX1 TAATACGACTCACTATAGGGAGTCCGAGCAGAAGAAGAAGTTTTAGAGCTAGAAATAGCA fwd_sgRNA_T7_HTS_FANCF TAATACGACTCACTATAGGGGAATCCCTTCTGCAGCACCGTTTTAGAGCTAGAAATAGCA fwd_sgRNA_T7_HTS_HEK293_site2 TAATACGACTCACTATAGGGAACACAAAGCATAGACTGCGTTTTAGAGCTAGAAATAGCA fwd_sgRNA_T7_HTS_HEK293_site3 TAATACGACTCACTATAGGGGCCCAGACTGAGCACGTGAGTTTTAGAGCTAGAAATAGCA fwd_sgRNA_T7_HTS_HEK293_site4 TAATACGACTCACTATAGGGGCACTGCGGCTGGAGGTGGGTTTTAGAGCTAGAAATAGCA fwd_sgRNA_T7_HTS_RNF2 TAATACGACTCACTATAGGGTCATCTTAGTCATTACCTGGTTTTAGAGCTAGAAATAGCA - Sequences of In Vitro-Edited dsDNA for High-Throughput Sequencing (HTS).
- Shown are the sequences of edited strands. Reverse complements of all sequences shown were also obtained. dsDNA substrates were obtained by annealing complementary strands as described in Materials and Methods. Oligonucleotides representing the EMX1, FANCF,
HEK293 site 2,HEK293 site 3,HEK293 site 4, and RNF2 loci were originally designed for use in the gel-based deaminase assay and therefore have the same 25-nt sequence on their 5′-ends (matching that of the Cy3-primer). SEQ ID NOs: 301-352 appear from top to bottom below, respectively. -
Base sequence ACGTAAACGGCCACAAGTTCTTATTTCGTGGATTTATTTATGGCATCTTCTTCAAGGACG 1A ACGTAAACGGCCACAAGTTCATATTTCGTGGATTTATTTATGGCATCTTCTTCAAGGACG 1C ACGTAAACGGCCACAAGTTCCTATTTCGTGGATTTATTTATGGCATCTTCTTCAAGGACG 1G ACGTAAACGGCCACAAGTTCGTATTTCGTGGATTTATTTATGGCATCTTCTTCAAGGACG 2A ACGTAAACGGCCACAAGTTCTAATTTCGTGGATTTATTTATGGCATCTTCTTCAAGGACG 2C ACGTAAACGGCCACAAGTTCTCATTTCGTGGATTTATTTATGGCATCTTCTTCAAGGACG 2G ACGTAAACGGCCACAAGTTCTGATTTCGTGGATTTATTTATGGCATCTTCTTCAAGGACG 3T ACGTAAACGGCCACAAGTTCTTTTTTCGTGGATTTATTTATGGCATCTTCTTCAAGGACG 3C ACGTAAACGGCCACAAGTTCTTCTTTCGTGGATTTATTTATGGCATCTTCTTCAAGGACG 3G ACGTAAACGGCCACAAGTTCTTGTTTCGTGGATTTATTTATGGCATCTTCTTCAAGGACG 4A ACGTAAACGGCCACAAGTTCTTAATTCGTGGATTTATTTATGGCATCTTCTTCAAGGACG 4C ACGTAAACGGCCACAAGTTCTTACTTCGTGGATTTATTTATGGCATCTTCTTCAAGGACG 4G ACGTAAACGGCCACAAGTTCTTAGTTCGTGGATTTATTTATGGCATCTTCTTCAAGGACG 5A ACGTAAACGGCCACAAGTTCTTATATCGTGGATTTATTTATGGCATCTTCTTCAAGGACG 5C ACGTAAACGGCCACAAGTTCTTATCTCGTGGATTTATTTATGGCATCTTCTTCAAGGACG 5G ACGTAAACGGCCACAAGTTCTTATGTCGTGGATTTATTTATGGCATCTTCTTCAAGGACG 6A ACGTAAACGGCCACAAGTTCTTATTACGTGGATTTATTTATGGCATCTTCTTCAAGGACG 6C ACGTAAACGGCCACAAGTTCTTATTCCGTGGATTTATTTATGGCATCTTCTTCAAGGACG 6G ACGTAAACGGCCACAAGTTCTTATTGCGTGGATTTATTTATGGCATCTTCTTCAAGGACG 8A ACGTAAACGGCCACAAGTTCTTATTTCATGGATTTATTTATGGCATCTTCTTCAAGGACG 8T ACGTAAACGGCCACAAGTTCTTATTTCTTGGATTTATTTATGGCATCTTCTTCAAGGACG 8C ACGTAAACGGCCACAAGTTCTTATTTCCTGGATTTATTTATGGCATCTTCTTCAAGGACG 9A ACGTAAACGGCCACAAGTTCTTATTTCGAGGATTTATTTATGGCATCTTCTTCAAGGACG 9C ACGTAAACGGCCACAAGTTCTTATTTCGCGGATTTATTTATGGCATCTTCTTCAAGGACG 9G ACGTAAACGGCCACAAGTTCTTATTTCGGGGATTTATTTATGGCATCTTCTTCAAGGACG 10A ACGTAAACGGCCACAAGTTCTTATTTCGTAGATTTATTTATGGCATCTTCTTCAAGGACG 10T ACGTAAACGGCCACAAGTTCTTATTTCGTTGATTTATTTATGGCATCTTCTTCAAGGACG 10C ACGTAAACGGCCACAAGTTCTTATTTCGTCGATTTATTTATGGCATCTTCTTCAAGGACG 11A ACGTAAACGGCCACAAGTTCTTATTTCGTGAATTTATTTATGGCATCTTCTTCAAGGACG 11T ACGTAAACGGCCACAAGTTCTTATTTCGTGTATTTATTTATGGCATCTTCTTCAAGGACG 11C ACGTAAACGGCCACAAGTTCTTATTTCGTGCATTTATTTATGGCATCTTCTTCAAGGACG 12T ACGTAAACGGCCACAAGTTCTTATTTCGTGGTTTTATTTATGGCATCTTCTTCAAGGACG 12C ACGTAAACGGCCACAAGTTCTTATTTCGTGGCTTTATTTATGGCATCTTCTTCAAGGACG 12G ACGTAAACGGCCACAAGTTCTTATTTCGTGGGTTTATTTATGGCATCTTCTTCAAGGACG 13A ACGTAAACGGCCACAAGTTCTTATTTCGTGGAATTATTTATGGCATCTTCTTCAAGGACG 13C ACGTAAACGGCCACAAGTTCTTATTTCGTGGACTTATTTATGGCATCTTCTTCAAGGACG 13G ACGTAAACGGCCACAAGTTCTTATTTCGTGGAGTTATTTATGGCATCTTCTTCAAGGACG multiC ACGTAAACGGCCACAAGTTCTTCCCCCCCCGATTTATTTATGGCATCTTCTTCAAGGACG TCGCACCC_odd ACGTAAACGGCCACAAGTTTCGCACCCGTGGATTTATTTATGGCATCTTCTTCAAGGACG CCTCGCAC_odd ACGTAAACGGCCACAAGTTCCTCGCACGTGGATTTATTTATGGCATCTTCTTCAAGGACG ACCCTCGC_odd ACGTAAACGGCCACAAGTTACCCTCGCGTGGATTTATTTATGGCATCTTCTTCAAGGACG GCACCCTC_odd ACGTAAACGGCCACAAGTTGCACCCTCGTGGATTTATTTATGGCATCTTCTTCAAGGACG TCGCACCC_even ACGTAAACGGCCACAAGTATTCGCACCCGTGGATTTATTATGGCATCTTCTTCAAGGACG CCTCGCAC_even ACGTAAACGGCCACAAGTATCCTCGCACGTGGATTTATTATGGCATCTTCTTCAAGGACG ACCCTCGC_even ACGTAAACGGCCACAAGTATACCCTCGCGTGGATTTATTATGGCATCTTCTTCAAGGACG GCACCCTC_even ACGTAAACGGCCACAAGTATGCACCCTCGTGGATTTATTATGGCATCTTCTTCAAGGACG EMX1_invitro GTAGGTAGTTAGGATGAATGGAAGGTTGGTAGGCCTGAGTCCGAGCAGAAGAAGAAGGGCTCCCATCACATCAACCGGTG FANCF_invitro GTAGGTAGTTAGGATGAATGGAAGGTTGGTACTCATGGAATCCCTTCTGCAGCACCTGGATCGCTTTTCCGAGCTTCTGG HEK293_site2_invitro GTAGGTAGTTAGGATGAATGGAAGGTTGGTAAACTGGAACACAAAGCATAGACTGCGGGGCGGGCCAGCCTGAATAGCTG HEK293_site3_invitro GTAGGTAGTTAGGATGAATGGAAGGTTGGTACTTGGGGCCCAGACTGAGCACGTGATGGCAGAGGAAAGGAAGCCCTGCT HEK293_site4_invitro GTAGGTAGTTAGGATGAATGGAAGGTTGGTACCGGTGGCACTGCGGCTGGAGGTGGGGGTTTAAGCGGAGACTCTGGTGC RNF2_invitro GTAGGTAGTTAGGATGAATGGAAGGTTGGTATGGCAGTCATCTTAGTCATTACCTGAGGTGTTCGTTGTAACTCATATAA - Primers for HTS of In Vitro Edited dsDNA.
- SEQ ID NOs: 353-361 appear from top to bottom below, respectively.
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fwd_invitro_HTS ACACTCTTTCCCTACACGACGCTCTTCCGATCTNNNNACGTAAACGGCCACAA rev_invitro_HTS TGGAGTTCAGACGTGTGCTCTTCCGATCTCGTCCTTGAAGAAGATGC fwd_invitro_HEK_targets ACACTCTTTCCCTACACGACGCTCTTCCGATCTNNNNGTAGGTAGTTAGGATGAATGGAA rev_EMX1_invitro TGGAGTTCAGACGTGTGCTCTTCCGATCTCACCGGTTGATGTGATGG rev_FANCF_invitro TGGAGTTCAGACGTGTGCTCTTCCGATCTCCAGAAGCTCGGAAAAGC rev_HEK293_site2_invitro TGGAGTTCAGACGTGTGCTCTTCCGATCTCAGCTATTCAGGCTGGC rev_HEK293_site3_invitro TGGAGTTCAGACGTGTGCTCTTCCGATCTAGCAGGGCTTCCTTTC rev_HEK293_site4_invitro TGGAGTTCAGACGTGTGCTCTTCCGATCTGCACCAGAGTCTCCG rev_RNF2_invitro TGGAGTTCAGACGTGTGCTCTTCCGATCTTTATATGAGTTACAACGAACACC - Primers for HTS of On-Target and Off-Target Sites from all Mammalian Cell Culture Experiments.
- SEQ ID NOs: 362-469 appear from top to bottom below, respectively.
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fwd_EMX1_HTS ACACTCTTTCCCTACACGACGCTCTTCCGATCTNNNNCAGCTCAGCCTGAGTGTTGA rev_EMX1_HTS TGGAGTTCAGACGTGTGCTCTTCCGATCTCTCGTGGGTTTGTGGTTGC fwd_FANCF_HTS ACACTCTTTCCCTACACGACGCTCTTCCGATCTNNNNCATTGCAGAGAGGCGTATCA rev_FANCF_HTS TGGAGTTCAGACGTGTGCTCTTCCGATCTGGGGTCCCAGGTGCTGAC fwd_HEK293_site2_HTS ACACTCTTTCCCTACACGACGCTCTTCCGATCTNNNNCCAGCCCCATCTGTCAAACT rev_HEK293_site2_HTS TGGAGTTCAGACGTGTGCTCTTCCGATCTTGAATGGATTCCTTGGAAACAATGA fwd_HEK293_site3_HTS ACACTCTTTCCCTACACGACGCTCTTCCGATCTNNNNATGTGGGCTGCCTAGAAAGG rev_HEK293_site3_HTS TGGAGTTCAGACGTGTGCTCTTCCGATCTCCCAGCCAAACTTGTCAACC fwd_HEK293_site4_HTS ACACTCTTTCCCTACACGACGCTCTTCCGATCTNNNNGAACCCAGGTAGCCAGAGAC rev_HEK293_site4_HTS TGGAGTTCAGACGTGTGCTCTTCCGATCTTCCTTTCAACCCGAACGGAG fwd_RNF2_HTS ACACTCTTTCCCTACACGACGCTCTTCCGATCTNNNNCTCTTCTTTATTTCCAGCAATGT rev_RNF2_HTS TGGAGTTCAGACGTGTGCTCTTCCGATCTGTTTTCATGTTCTAAAAATGTATCCCA fwd_p53_Y163C_HTS ACACTCTTTCCCTACACGACGCTCTTCCGATCTNNNNTACAGTACTCCCCTGCCCTC rev_p53_Y163C_HTS TGGAGTTCAGACGTGTGCTCTTCCGATCTGCTGCTCACCATCGCTATCT fwd_p53_N239D_HTS ACACTCTTTCCCTACACGACGCTCTTCCGATCTNNNNCCTCATCTTGGGCCTGTGTT rev_p53_N239D_HTS TGGAGTTCAGACGTGTGCTCTTCCGATCTAAATCGGTAAGAGGTGGGCC fwd_APOE4_C158R_HTS ACACTCTTTCCCTACACGACGCTCTTCCGATCTNNNNGCGGACATGGAGGACGTG rev_APOE4_C158R_HTS TGGAGTTCAGACGTGTGCTCTTCCGATCTCTGTTCCACCAGGGGCCC fwd_EMX1_off1_HTS ACACTCTTTCCCTACACGACGCTCTTCCGATCTNNNNTGCCCAATCATTGATGCTTTT rev_EMX1_off1_HTS TGGAGTTCAGACGTGTGCTCTTCCGATCTAGAAACATTTACCATAGACTATCACCT fwd_EMX1_off2_HTS ACACTCTTTCCCTACACGACGCTCTTCCGATCTNNNNAGTAGCCTCTTTCTCAATGTGC rev_EMX1_off2_HTS TGGAGTTCAGACGTGTGCTCTTCCGATCTGCTTTCACAAGGATGCAGTCT fwd_EMX1_off3_HTS ACACTCTTTCCCTACACGACGCTCTTCCGATCTNNNNGAGCTAGACTCCGAGGGGA rev_EMX1_off3_HTS TGGAGTTCAGACGTGTGCTCTTCCGATCTTCCTCGTCCTGCTCTCACTT fwd_EMX1_off4_HTS ACACTCTTTCCCTACACGACGCTCTTCCGATCTNNNNAGAGGCTGAAGAGGAAGACCA rev_EMX1_off4_HTS TGGAGTTCAGACGTGTGCTCTTCCGATCTGGCCCAGCTGTGCATTCTAT fwd_EMX1_off6_HTS ACACTCTTTCCCTACACGACGCTCTTCCGATCTNNNNCCAAGAGGGCCAAGTCCTG rev_EMX1_off6_HTS TGGAGTTCAGACGTGTGCTCTTCCGATCTCAGCGAGGAGTGACAGCC fwd_EMX1_off7_HTS ACACTCTTTCCCTACACGACGCTCTTCCGATCTNNNNCACTCCACCTGATCTCGGGG rev_EMX1_off7_HTS TGGAGTTCAGACGTGTGCTCTTCCGATCTCGAGGAGGGAGGGAGCAG fwd_EMX1_off8_HTS ACACTCTTTCCCTACACGACGCTCTTCCGATCTNNNNACCACAAATGCCCAAGAGAC rev_EMX1_off8_HTS TGGAGTTCAGACGTGTGCTCTTCCGATCTGACACAGTCAAGGGCCGG fwd_EMX1_off9_HTS ACACTCTTTCCCTACACGACGCTCTTCCGATCTNNNNCCCACCTTTGAGGAGGCAAA rev_EMX1_off9_HTS TGGAGTTCAGACGTGTGCTCTTCCGATCTTTCCATCTGAGAAGAGAGTGGT fwd_EMX1_off10_HTS ACACTCTTTCCCTACACGACGCTCTTCCGATCTNNNNGTCATACCTTGGCCCTTCCT rev_EMX1_off10_HTS TGGAGTTCAGACGTGTGCTCTTCCGATCTTCCCTAGGCCCACACCAG fwd_FANCF_off1_HTS ACACTCTTTCCCTACACGACGCTCTTCCGATCTNNNNAACCCACTGAAGAAGCAGGG rev_FANCF_off1_HTS TGGAGTTCAGACGTGTGCTCTTCCGATCTGGTGCTTAATCCGGCTCCAT fwd_FANCF_off2_HTS ACACTCTTTCCCTACACGACGCTCTTCCGATCTNNNNTCCAGTGTTTCCATCCCGAA rev_FANCF_off2_HTS TGGAGTTCAGACGTGTGCTCTTCCGATCTCCTCTGACCTCCACAACTCT fwd_FANCF_off3_HTS ACACTCTTTCCCTACACGACGCTCTTCCGATCTTTNNNNCTGGGTACAGTTCTGCGTGT rev_FANCF_off3_HTS TGGAGTTCAGACGTGTGCTCTTCCGATCTTCACTCTGAGCATCGCCAAG fwd_FANCF_off4_HTS ACACTCTTTCCCTACACGACGCTCTTCCGATCTNNNNGGTTTAGAGCCAGTGAACTAGAG rev_FANCF_off4_HTS TGGAGTTCAGACGTGTGCTCTTCCGATCTGCAAGACAAAATCCTCTTTATACTTTG fwd_FANCF_off5_HTS ACACTCTTTCCCTACACGACGCTCTTCCGATCTNNNNGGGAGGGGACGGCCTTAC rev_FANCF_off5_HTS TGGAGTTCAGACGTGTGCTCTTCCGATCTGCCTCTGGCGAACATGGC fwd_FANCF_off6_HTS ACACTCTTTCCCTACACGACGCTCTTCCGATCTNNNNTCCTGGTTAAGAGCATGGGC rev_FANCF_off6_HTS TGGAGTTCAGACGTGTGCTCTTCCGATCTGATTGAGTCCCCACAGCACA fwd_FANCF_off7_HTS ACACTCTTTCCCTACACGACGCTCTTCCGATCTNNNNCCAGTGTTTCCCATCCCCAA rev_FANCF_off7_HTS TGGAGTTCAGACGTGTGCTCTTCCGATCTTGACCTCCACAACTGGAAAAT fwd_FANCF_off8_HTS ACACTCTTTCCCTACACGACGCTCTTCCGATCTNNNNGCTTCCAGACCCACCTGAAG rev_FANCF_off8_HTS TGGAGTTCAGACGTGTGCTCTTCCGATCTACCGAGGAAAATTGCTTGTCG fwd_HEK293_site2_off1_HTS ACACTCTTTCCCTACACGACGCTCTTCCGATCTNNNNGTGTGGAGAGTGAGTAAGCCA rev_HEK293_site2_off1_HTS TGGAGTTCAGACGTGTGCTCTTCCGATCTACGGTAGGATGATTTCAGGCA fwd_HEK293_site2_off2_HTS ACACTCTTTCCCTACACGACgCTCTTCCGATCTNNNNCACAAAGCAGTGTAGCTCAGG rev_HEK293_site2_off2_HTS TGGAGTTCAGACGTGTGCTCTTCCGATCTTTTTTGGTACTCGAGTGTTATTCAG fwd_HEK293_site3_off1_HTS ACACTCTTTCCCTACACGACGCTCTTCCGATCTNNNNTCCCCTGTTGACCTGGAGAA rev_HEK293_site3_off1_HTS TGGAGTTCAGACGTGTGCTCTTCCGATCTCACTGTACTTGCCCTGACCA fwd_HEK293_site3_off2_HTS ACACTCTTTCCCTACACGACGCTCTTCCGATCTNNNNTTGGTGTTGACAGGGAGCAA rev_HEK293_site3_off2_HTS TGGAGTTCAGACGTGTGCTCTTCCGATCTCTGAGATGTGGGCAGAAGGG fwd_HEK293_site3_off3_HTS ACACTCTTTCCCTACACGACGCTCTTCCGATCTNNNNTGAGAGGGAACAGAAGGGCT rev_HEK293_site3_off3_HTS TGGAGTTCAGACGTGTGCTCTTCCGATCTGTCCAAAGGCCCAAGAACCT fwd_HEK293_site3_off4_HTS ACACTCTTTCCCTACACGACGCTCTTCCGATCTNNNNTCCTAGCACTTTGGAAGGTCG rev_HEK293_site3_off4_HTS TGGAGTTCAGACGTGTGCTCTTCCGATCTGCTCATCTTAATCTGCTCAGCC fwd_HEK293_site3_off5_HTS ACACTCTTTCCCTACACGACGCTCTTCCGATCTNNNNAAAGGAGCAGCTCTTCCTGG rev_HEK293_site3_off5_HTS TGGAGTTCAGACGTGTGCTCTTCCGATCTGTCTGCACCATCTCCCACAA fwd_HEK293_site4_off1_HTS ACACTCTTTCCCTACACGACGCTCTTCCGATCTNNNNGGCATGGCTTCTGAGACTCA rev_HEK293_site4_off1_HTS TGGAGTTCAGACGTGTGCTCTTCCGATCTGTCTCCCTTGCACTCCCTGTCTTT fwd_HEK293_site4_off2_HTS ACACTCTTTCCCTACACGACGCTCTTCCGATCTNNNNTTTGGCAATGGAGGCATTGG rev_HEK293_site4_off2_HTS TGGAGTTCAGACGTGTGCTCTTCCGATCTGAAGAGGCTGCCCATGAGAG fwd_HEK293_site4_off3_HTS ACACTCTTTCCCTACACGACGCTCTTCCGATCTNNNNGGTCTGAGGCTCGAATCCTG rev_HEK293_site4_off3_HTS TGGAGTTCAGACGTGTGCTCTTCCGATCTCTGTGGCCTCCATATCCCTG fwd_HEK293_site4_off4_HTS ACACTCTTTCCCTACACGACGCTCTTCCGATCTNNNNTTTCCACCAGAACTCAGCCC rev_HEK293_site4_off4_HTS TGGAGTTCAGACGTGTGCTCTTCCGATCTCCTCGGTTCCTCCACAACAC fwd_HEK293_site4_off5_HTS ACACTCTTTCCCTACACGACGCTCTTCCGATCTNNNNCACGGGAAGGACAGGAGAAC rev_HEK293_site4_off5_HTS TGGAGTTCAGACGTGTGCTCTTCCGATCTGCAGGGGAGGGATAAAGCAG fwd_HEK293_site4_off6_HTS ACACTCTTTCCCTACACGACGCTCTTCCGATCTNNNNCCACGGGAGATGGCTTATGT rev_HEK293_site4_off6_HTS TGGAGTTCAGACGTGTGCTCTTCCGATCTCACATCCTCACTGTGCCACT fwd_HEK293_site4_off7_HTS ACACTCTTTCCCTACACGACGCTCTTCCGATCTNNNNGTCAGTCTCGGCCCCTCA rev_HEK293_site4_off7_HTS TGGAGTTCAGACGTGTGCTCTTCCGATCTGCCACTGTAAAGCTCTTGGG fwd_HEK293_site4_off8_HTS ACACTCTTTCCCTACACGACGCTCTTCCGATCTNNNNAGGGTAGAGGGACAGAGCTG rev_HEK293_site4_off8_HTS TGgAGTTCAGACGTGTGCTCTTCCGATCTGGACCCCACATAGTCAGTGC fwd_HEK293_site4_off9_HTS ACACTCTTTCCCTACACGACGCTCTTCCGATCTNNNNGCTGTCAGCCCTATCTCCATC rev_HEK293_site4_off9_HTS TGGAGTTCAGACGTGTGCTCTTCCGATCTTGGGCAATTAGGACAGGGAC fwd_HEK293_site4_off10_HTS ACACTCTTTCCCTACACGACGCTCTTCCGATCTNNNNGCAGCGGAGGAGGTAGATTG rev_HEK293_site4_off10_HTS TGGAGTTCAGACGTGTGCTCTTCCGATCTCTCAGTACCTGGAGTCCCGA fwd_HEK2_ChIP_off1_HTS ACACTCTTTCCCTACACGACGCTCTTCCGATCTNNNNGACAGGCTCAGgAAAGCTGT rev_HEK2_ChIP_off1_HTS TGGAGTTCAGACGTGTGCTCTTCCGATCTACACAAGCCTTTCTCCAGGG fwd_HEK2_ChIP_off2_HTS ACACTCTTTCCCTACACGACGCTCTTCCGATCTNNNNAATAGGGGGTGAGACTGGGG rev_HEK2_ChIP_off2_HTS TGGAGTTCAGACGTGTGCTCTTCCGATCTGCCTCAGACGAGACTTGAGG fwd_HEK2_ChIP_off3_HTS ACAGTCTTTCCCTACACGACGCTCTTCCGATCTNNNNGGCCAGCAGGAAAGGAATCT rev HEK2 ChIP off3 HTS TGGAGTTCAGACGTGTGCTCTTCCGATCTTGACTGCACCTGTAGCCATG fwd_HEK2_ChIP_off4_HTS ACACTCTTTCCCTAGACGACGCTCTTCCGATCTNNNNTCAAGGAAATCACCCTGCCC rev_HEK2_ChIP_off4_HTS TGGAGTTCAGACGTGTGCTCTTCCGATCTAACTTCCTTGGTGTGCAGCT fwd_HEK2_ChIP_off5_HTS ACACTCTTTCCCTACACGACGCTCTTCCGATCTNNNNATGGGCTCAGCTACGTCATG rev HEK2 ChIP off5 HTS TGGAGTTCAGACGTGTGCTCTTCCGATCTAATAGCAGTGTGGTGGGCAA fwd_HEK3_ChIP_off1_HTS ACACTCTTTCCCTACACGACGCTCTTCCGATCTNNNNCGCACATCCCTTGTCTCTCT rev_HEK3_ChIP_off1_HTS TGGAGTTCAGACGTGTGCTCTTCCGATCTCTACTGGAGCACACCCCAAG fwd_HEK3_ChIP_off2_HTS ACACTCTTTCCCTACACGACGCTCTTCCGATCTNNNNTGGGTCACGTAGCTTTGGTC rev_HEK3_ChIP_off2_HTS TGGAGTTCAGACGTGTGCTCTTCCGATCTTGGTGGCCATGTGCAACTAA fwd_HEK3_ChIP_off3_HTS ACACTCTTTCCCTACACGACGCTCTTCCGATCTNNNNCTACTACGTGCCAGCTCAGG rev_HEK3_ChIP_off3_HTS TGGAGTTCAGACGTGTGCTCTTCCGATCTACCTCCCCTCCTCACTAACC fwd_HEK3_ChIP_off4_HTS ACACTCTTTCCCTACACGACGCTCTTCCGATCTNNNNGCCTCAGCTCCATTTCCTGT rev_HEK3_ChIP_off4_HTS TGAGTTCAGACGTGTGCTCTTCCGATCTAACCTTTATGGCACCAGGGG fwd_HEK3_ChIP_off5_HTS ACACTCTTTCCCTACACGACGCTCTTCCGATCTNNNNGAGCTCAGCATTAGCAGGCT rev_HEK3_ChIP_off5_HTS TGGAGTTCAGACGTGTGCTCTTCCGATCTTTCCTGGCTTTCCGATTCCC fwd_HEK4_ChIP_off1_HTS ACACTCTTTCCCTACACGACGCTCTTCCGATCTNNNNGTGCAATTGGAGGAGGAGCT rev_HEK4_ChIP_off1_HTS TGGAGTTCAGACGTGTGCTCTTCCGATCTCACCAGCTACAGGCAGAACA fwd_HEK4_ChIP_off3_HTS ACACTCTTTCCCTACACGACGCTCTTCCGATCTNNNNCCTACCCCCAACACAGATGG rev_HEK4_ChIP_off3_HTS TGGAGTTCAGACGTGTGCTCTTCCGATCTCCACACAACTCAGGTCCTCC - Sequences of Single-Stranded Oligonucleotide Donor Templates (ssODNs) Used in Hdr Studies.
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EMX1 sense (SEQ ID NO: 470) TCATCTGTGCCCCTCCCTCCCTGGCCCAGGTGAAGGTGTGGTTCCAGAACCGGAGGACAAAGTACA AACGGCAGAAGCTGGAGGAGGAAGGGCCTGAGTTTGAGCAGAAGAAGAAGGGCTCCCATCACATC AACCGGTGGCGCATTGCCACGAAGCAGGCCAATGGGGAGGACATCGATGTCACCTCCAATGACTAG GGT EMX1 antisense (SEQ ID NO: 471) ACCCTAGTCATTGGAGGTGACATCGATGTCCTCCCCATTGGCCTGCTTCGTGGCAATGCGCCACCG GTTGATGTGATGGGAGCCCTTCTTCTTCTGCTCAAACTGAGGCCCTTCCTCCTCCAGCTTCTGCCGT TTGTACTTTGTCCTCCGGTTCTGGAACCACACCTTCACCTGGGCCAGGGAGGGAGGGGCACAGATGA HEK293 site 3 sense(SEQ ID NO: 472) CATGCAATTAGTCTATTTCTGCTGCAAGTAAGCATGCATTTGTAGGCTTGATGCTTTTTTTCTGCTTCT CCAGCCCTGGCCTGGGTCAATCCTTGGGGCTTAGACTGAGCACGTGATGGCAGAGGAAAGGAAGC CCTGCTTCCTCCAGAGGGCGTCGCAGGACAGCTTTTCCTAGACAGGGGCTAGTATGTGCAGCTCCT HEK293 site 3 antisense(SEQ ID NO: 473) AGGAGCTGCACATACTAGCCCCTGTCTAGGAAAAGCTGTCCTGCGACGCCCTCTGGAGGAAGCAGG GCTTCCTTTCCTCTGCCATCACGTGCTCAGTCTAAGCCCCAAGGATTGACCCAGGCCAGGGCTGGA GAAGCAGAAAAAAAGCATCAAGCCTACAAATGCATGCTTACTTGCAGCAGAAATAGACTAATTGCATG HEK site 4 sense(SEQ ID NO: 474) GGCTGACAAAGGCCGGGCTGGGTGGAAGGAAGGGAGGAAGGGCGAGGCAGAGGGTCCAAAGCAG GATGACAGGCAGGGGCACCGCGGCGCCCCGGTGGCATTGCGGCTGGAGGTGGGGGTTAAAGCGG AGACTCTGGTGCTGTGTGACTACAGTGGGGGCCCTGCCCTCTCTGAGCCCCCGCCTCCAGGCCTGT GTGTGT HEK site 4 antisense(SEQ ID NO: 475) ACACACACAGGCCTGGAGGCGGGGGCTCAGAGAGGGCAGGGCCCCCACTGTAGTCACACAGCACC AGAGTCTCCGCTTTAACCCCCACCTCCAGCCGCAATGCCACCGGGGCGCCGCGGTGCCCCTGCCT GTCATCCTGCTTTGGACCCTCTGCCTCGCCCTTCCTCCCTTCCTTCCACCCAGCCCGGCCTTTGTCA GCC APOE4 sense (SEQ ID NO: 476) AGCACCGAGGAGCTGCGGGTGCGCCTCGCCTCCCACCTGCGCAAGCTGCGTAAGCGGCTCCTCCG CGATGCCGATGACCTGCAGAAGTGCCTGGCAGTGTACCAGGCCGGGGCCCGCGAGGGCGCCGAG CGCGGCCTCAGCGCCATCCGCGAGCGCCTGGGGCCCCTGGTGGAACAGGGCCGCGTGCGGGCCG CCACTGT APOE4 antisense (SEQ ID NO: 477) ACAGTGGCGGCCCGCACGCGGCCCTGTTCCACCAGGGGCCCCAGGCGCTCGCGGATGGCGCTGA GGCCGCGCTCGGCGCCCTCGCGGGCCCCGGCCTGGTACACTGCCAGGCACTTCTGCAGGTCATCG GCATCGCGGAGGAGCCGCTTACGCAGCTTGCGCAGGTGGGAGGCGAGGCGCACCCGCAGCTCCT CGGTGCT p53 Y163C sense (SEQ ID NO: 478) ACTCCCCTGCCCTCAACAAGATGTTTTGCCAACTGGCCAAGACCTGCCCTGTGCAGCTGTGGGTTGA TTCCACACCCCCGCCCGGCACCCGCGTCCGCGCCATGGCCATCTACAAGCAGTCACAGCACATGAC GGAGGTTGTGAGGCGCTGCCCCCACCATGAGCGCTGCTCAGATAGCGATGGTGAGCAGCTGGGGC TG p53 Y163C antisense (SEQ ID NO: 479) CAGCCCCAGCTGCTCACCATCGCTATCTGAGCAGCGCTCATGGTGGGGGCAGCGCCTCACAACCTC CGTCATGTGCTGTGACTGCTTGTAGATGGCCATGGCGCGGACGCGGGTGCCGGGCGGGGGTGTGG AATCAACCCACAGCTGCACAGGGCAGGTCTTGGCCAGTTGGCAAAACATCTTGTTGAGGGCAGGGG AGT - Deaminase Gene gBlocks Gene Fragments
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hAID (SEQ ID NO: 169) rAPOBEC1 (mammalian) (SEQ ID NO: 170) CATCCTTGGTACCGAGCTCGGATCCAGCCACCATGAGCTCAGAGACTGGCCCAGTGGCTGTGGACC CCACATTGAGACGGCGGATCGAGCCCCATGAGTTTGAGGTATTCTTCGATCCGAGAGAGCTCCGCA AGGAGACCTGCCTGCTTTACGAAATTAATTGGGGGGGCCGGCACTCCATTTGGCGACATACATCACA GAACACTAACAAGCACGTCGAAGTCAACTTCATCGAGAAGTTCACGACAGAAAGATATTTCTGTCCG AACACAAGGTGCAGCATTACCTGGTTTCTCAGCTGGAGCCCATGCGGCGAATGTAGTAGGGCCATC ACTGAATTCCTGTCAAGGTATCCCCACGTCACTCTGTTTATTTACATCGCAAGGCTGTACCACCACGC TGACCCCCGCAATCGACAAGGCCTGCGGGATTTGATCTCTTCAGGTGTGACTATCCAAATTATGACT GAGCAGGAGTCAGGATACTGCTGGAGAAACTTGTGAATTATAGCCCGAGTAATGAAGCCCACTGG CCTAGGTATCCCCATCTGTGGGTACGACTGTACGTTCTTGAACTGTACTGCATCATACTGGGCCTGC CTCCTTGTCTCAACATTCTGAGAAGGAAGCAGCCACAGCTGACATTCTTTACCATCGCTCTTCAGTCT TGTCATTACCAGCGACTGCCCCCACACATTCTCTGGGCCACCGGGTTGAAATGAGCGGCCGCTCGA TTGGTTTGGTGTGGCTCTAA pmCDA1 (SEQ ID NO: 171) CATCCTTGGTACCGAGCTCGGATCCAGCCACCATGACAGACGCTGAATATGTTAGGATCCATGAAAA ACTGGATATCTATACATTTAAGAAGCAGTTCTTCAATAACAAAAAGTCAGTATCTCACAGATGCTATGT CCTGTTCGAACTCAAGAGAAGAGGAGAAAGGCGGGCCTGTTTCTGGGGGTACGCGGTTAATAAACC CCAGTCCGGGACCGAGAGGGGGATTCACGCCGAGATCTTTTCAATTAGGAAGGTTGAAGAGTATCT TCGCGACAATCCCGGTCAGTTCACAATTAACTGGTACAGCTCCTGGAGCCCTTGCGCTGATTGCGCC GAGAAAATACTCGAATGGTACAACCAGGAGTTGAGAGGCAATGGCCACACTCTCAAGATTTGGGCTT GCAAGCTTTACTACGAGAAGAACGCGAGAAATCAGATTGGCTTGTGGAACCTCAGGGACAACGGGG TCGGGTTGAATGTTATGGTGTCCGAACATTACCAGTGCTGTAGAAAGATCTTCATTCAGTCCAGTCAC AATCAGCTGAACGAGAACAGATGGCTGGAGAAAACACTGAAACGGGCAGAGAAAAGGCGCTCAGAG CTGAGTATCATGATCCAGGTCAAAATCCTGCATACAACCAAAAGCCCGGCTGTATAAGCGGCCGCTC GATTGGTTTGGTGTGGCTCTAA haPOBEC3G (SEQ ID NO: 172) CATCCTTGGTACCGAGCTCGGATCCAGCCACCATGGAGCTGAAGTATCACCCTGAGATGCGGTTTTT CCACTGGTTTAGTAAGTGGCGCAAACTTCATCGGGATCAGGAGTATGAAGTGACCTGGTATATCTCT TGGTCTCCCTGCACAAAATGTACACGCGACATGGCCACATTTCTGGCCGAGGATCCAAAGGTGACG CTCACAATCTTTGTGGCCCGCCTGTATTATTTCTGGGACCCGGATTATCAGGAGGCACTTAGGTCAT TGTGCCAAAAGCGCGACGGACCACGGGCGACTATGAAAATCATGAATTATGACGAATTCCAGCATTG CTGGAGTAAGTTTGTGTACAGCCAGCGGGAGCTGTTCGAGCCCTGGAACAATCTTCCCAAGTACTAC ATACTGCTTCACATTATGTTGGGGGAGATCCTTCGGCACTCTATGGATCCTCCTACCTTTACGTTAA CTTTAATAATGAGCCTTGGGTTCGCGGGCGCCATGAAACCTATTTGTGCTACGAGGTCGAGCGGATG CATAATGATACGTGGGTCCTGCTGAATCAGAGGAGGGGGTTTCTGTGTAACCAGGCTCCACATAAAC ATGGATTTCTCGAGGGGCGGCACGCCGAACTGTGTTTCCTTGATGTGATACCTTTCTGGAAGCTCGA CCTTGATCAAGATTACAGGGTGACGTGTTTCACCTCCTGGTCACCCTGCTTCAGTTGCGCCCAAGAG ATGGCTAAATTTATCAGTAAGAACAAGCATGTGTCCCTCTGTATTTTTACAGCCAGAATTTATGATGAC CAGGGCCGGTGCCAGGAGGGGCTGCGGACACTCGCTGAGGCGGGCGCGAAGATCAGCATAATGA CATACTCCGAATTCAAACACTGTTGGGACACTTTTGTGGACCACCAGGGCTGCCCATTTCAGCCGTG GGATGGGCTCGACGAACATAGTCAGGATCTCTCAGGCCGGCTGCGAGCCATATTGCAGAACCAGGA GAATTAGGCGGCCGCTCGATTGGTTTGGTGTGGCTCTAA rAPOBEC1(E. Coli) (SEQ ID NO: 173) GGCCGGGGATTCTAGAAATAATTTTGTTTAACTTTAAGAAGGAGATATACCATGGATGTCTTCTGAAA CCGGTCCGGTTGCGGTTGACCCGACCCTGCGTCGTCGTATCGAACCGCACGAATTCGAAGTTTTCT TCGACCCGCGTGAACTGCGTAAAGAAACCTGCCTGCTGTACGAAATCAACTGGGGTGGTCGTCACT CTATCTGGCGTCACACCTCTCAGAACACCAACAAACACGTTGAAGTTAACTTCATCGAAAAATTCACC ACCGAACGTTACTTCTGCCCGAACACCCGTTGCTCTATCACCTGGTTCCTGTCTTGGTCTCCGTGCG GTGAATGCTCTCGTGCGATCACCGAATTCCTGTCTCGTTACCCGCACGTTACCCTGTTCATCTACATC GCGCGTCTGTACCACCACGCGGACCCGCGTAACCGTCAGGGTCTGCGTGACCTGATCTCTTCTGGT GTTACCATCCAGATCATGACCGAACAGGAATCTGGTTACTGCTGGCGTAACTTCGTTAACTACTCTCC GTCTAACGAAGCGCACTGGCCGCGTTACCCGCACCTGTGGGTTCGTCTGTACGTTCTGGAACTGTA CTGCATCATCCTGGGTCTGCCGCCGTGCCTGAACATCCTGCGTCGTAAACAGCCGCAGCTGACCTT CTTCACCATCGCGCTGCAGTCTTGCCACTACCAGCGTCTGCCGCCGCACATCCTGTGGGCGACCGG TCTGAAAGGTGGTAGTGGAGGGAGCGGCGGTTCAATGGATAAGAAATAC - Amino Acid Sequences of NBE1, NBE2, and NBE3.
- NBE1 for E. Coli expression (His6-rAPOBEC1-XTEN-dCas9) (SEQ ID NO: 154)
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MGSSHHHHHHMSSETGPVAVDPTLRRRIEPHEFEVFFDPRELRKETCLLY EINWGGRHSIWRHTSQNTNKHVEVNFIEKFTTERYFCPNTRCSITWFLSW SPCGECSRAITEFLSRYPHVTLFIYIARLYHHADPRNRQGLRDLISSGVT IQIMTEQESGYCWRNFVNYSPSNEAHWPRYPHLWVRLYVLELYCIILGLP PCLNILRRKQPQLTFFTIALQSCHYQRLPPHILWATGLKSGSETPGTSES ATPESDKKYSIGLAIGTNSVGWAVITDEYKVPSKKFKVLGNTDRHSIKKN LIGALLFDSGETAEATRLKRTARRRYTRRKNRICYLQEIFSNEMAKVDDS FFHRLEESFLVEEDKKHERHPIFGNIVDEVAYHEKYPTIYHLRKKLVDST DKADLRLIYLALAHMIKFRGHFLIEGDLNPDNSDVDKLFIQLVQTYNQLF EENPINASGVDAKAILSARLSKSRRLENLIAQLPGEKKNGLFGNLIALSL GLTPNFKSNFDLAEDAKLQLSKDTYDDDLDNLLAQIGDQYADLFLAAKNL SDAILLSDILRVNTEITKAPLSASMIKRYDEHHQDLTLLKALVRQQLPEK YKEIFFDQSKNGYAGYIDGGASQEEFYKFIKPILEKMDGTEELLVKLNRE DLLRKQRTFDNGSIPHQIHLGELHAILRRQEDFYPFLKDNREKIEKILTF RIPYYVGPLARGNSRFAWMTRKSEETITPWNFEEVVDKGASAQSFIERMT NFDKNLPNEKVLPKHSLLYEYFTVYNELTKVKYVTEGMRKPAFLSGEQKK AIVDLLFKTNRKVTVKQLKEDYFKKIECFDSVEISGVEDRFNASLGTYHD LLKIIKDKDFLDNEENEDILEDIVLTLTLFEDREMIEERLKTYAHLFDDK VMKQLKRRRYTGWGWGRLSRKLINGIRDKQSGKTILDFLKSDGFANRNFM QLIHDDSLTFKEDIQKAQVSGQGDSLHEHIANLAGSPAIKKGILQTVKVV DELVKVMGRHKPENIVIEMARENQTTQKGQKNSRERMKRIEEGIKELGSQ ILKEHPVENTQLQNEKLYLYYLQNGRDMYVDQELDINRLSDYDVDAIVPQ SFLKDDSIDNKVLTRSDKNRGKSDNVPSEEVVKKMKNYWRQLLNAKLITQ RKFDNLTKAERGGLSELDKAGFIKRQLVETRQITKHVAQILDSRMNTKYD ENDKLIREVKVITLKSKLVSDFRKDFQFYKVREINNYHHAHDAYLNAVVG TALIKKYPKLESEFVYGDYKVYDVRKMIAKSEQEIGKATAKYFFYSNIMN FFKTEITLANGEIRKRPLIETNGETGEIVWDKGRDFATVRKVLSMPQVNI VKKTEVQTGGFSKESILPKRNSDKLIARKKDWDPKKYGGFDSPTVAYSVL VVAKVEKGKSKKLKSVKELLGITIMERSSFEKNPIDFLEAKGYKEVKKDL IIKLPKYSLFELENGRKRMLASAGELQKGNELALPSKYVNFLYLASHYEK LKGSPEDNEQKQLFVEQHKHYLDEIIEQISEFSKRVILADANLDKVLSAY NKHRDKPIREQAENIIHLFTLTNLGAPAAFKYFDTTIDRKRYTSTKEVLD ATLIHQSITGLYETRIDLSQLGGDSGGSPKKKRKV
NBE1 for Mammalian expression (rAPOBEC1-XTEN-dCas9-NLS) (SEQ ID NO: 155) -
MSSETGPVAVDPTLRRRIEPHEFEVFFDPRELRKETCLLYEINWGGRHSI WRHTSQNTNKHVEVNFIEKFTTERYFCPNTRCSITWFLSWSPCGECSRAI TEFLSRYPHVTLFIYIARLYHHADPRNRQGLRDLISSGVTIQIMTEQESG YCWRNFVNYSPSNEAHWPRYPHLWVRLYVLELYCIILGLPPCLNILRRKQ PQLTFFTIALQSCHYQRLPPHILWATGLKSGSETPGTSESATPESDKKYS IGLAIGTNSVGWAVITDEYKVPSKKFKVLGNTDRHSIKKNLIGALLFDSG ETAEATRLKRTARRRYTRRKNRICYLQEIFSNEMAKVDDSFFHRLEESFL VEEDKKHERHPIFGNIVDEVAYHEKYPTIYHLRKKLVDSTDKADLRLIYL ALAHMIKFRGHFLIEGDLNPDNSDVDKLFIQLVQTYNQLFEENPINASGV DAKAILSARLSKSRRLENLIAQLPGEKKNGLFGNLIALSLGLTPNFKSNF DLAEDAKLQLSKDTYDDDLDNLLAQIGDQYADLFLAAKNLSDAILLSDIL RVNTEITKAPLSASMIKRYDEHHQDLTLLKALVRQQLPEKYKEIFFDQSK NGYAGYIDGGASQEEFYKFIKPILEKMDGTEELLVKLNREDLLRKQRTFD NGSIPHQIHLGELHAILRRQEDFYPFLKDNREKIEKILTFRIPYYVGPLA RGNSRFAWMTRKSEETITPWNFEEVVDKGASAQSFIERMTNFDKNLPNEK VLPKHSLLYEYFTVYNELTKVKYVTEGMRKPAFLSGEQKKAIVDLLFKTN RKVTVKQLKEDYFKKIECFDSVEISGVEDRFNASLGTYHDLLKIIKDKDF LDNEENEDILEDIVLTLTLFEDREMIEERLKTYAHLFDDKVMKQLKRRRY TGWGRLSRKLINGIRDKQSGKTILDFLKSDGFANRNFMQLIHDDSLTFKE DIQKAQVSGQGDSLHEHIANLAGSPAIKKGILQTVKVVDELVKVMGRHKP ENIVIEMARENQTTQKGQKNSRERMKRIEEGIKELGSQILKEHPVENTQL QNEKLYLYYLQNGRDMYVDQELDINRLSDYDVDAIVPQSFLKDDSIDNKV LTRSDKNRGKSDNVPSEEVVKKMKNYWRQLLNAKLITQRKFDNLTKAERG GLSELDKAGFIKRQLVETRQITKHVAQILDSRMNTKYDENDKLIREVKVI TLKSKLVSDFRKDFQFYKVREINNYHHAHDAYLNAVVGTALIKKYPKLES EFVYGDYKVYDVRKMIAKSEQEIGKATAKYFFYSNIMNFFKTEITLANGE IRKRPLIETNGETGEIVWDKGRDFATVRKVLSMPQVNIVKKTEVQTGGFS KESILPKRNSDKLIARKKDWDPKKYGGFDSPTVAYSVLVVAKVEKGKSKK LKSVKELLGITIMERSSFEKNPIDFLEAKGYKEVKKDLIIKLPKYSLFEL ENGRKRMLASAGELQKGNELALPSKYVNFLYLASHYEKLKGSPEDNEQKQ LFVEQHKHYLDEIIEQISEFSKRVILADANLDKVLSAYNKHRDKPIREQA ENIIHLFTLTNLGAPAAFKYFDTTIDRKRYTSTKEVLDATLIHQSITGLY ETRIDLSQLGGDSGGSPKKKRKV
Alternative NBE1 for Mammalian expression with human APOBEC1 (hAPOBEC1-XTEN-dCas9-NLS) (SEQ ID NO: 158) -
MTSEKGPSTGDPTLRRRIEPWEFDVFYDPRELRKEACLLYEIKWGMSRKI WRSSGKNTTNHVEVNFIKKFTSERDFHPSMSCSITWFLSWSPCWECSQAI REFLSRHPGVTLVIYVARLFWHMDQQNRQGLRDLVNSGVTIQIMRASEYY HCWRNFVNYPPGDEAHWPQYPPLWMMLYALELHCIILSLPPCLKISRRWQ NHLTFFRLHLQNCHYQTIPPHILLATGLIHPSVAWRGSETPGTSESATPE SDKKYSIGLAIGTNSVGWAVITDEYKVPSKKFKVLGNTDRHSIKKNLIGA LLFDSGETAEATRLKRTARRRYTRRKNRICYLQEIFSNEMAKVDDSFFHR LEESFLVEEDKKHERHPIFGNIVDEVAYHEKYPTIYHLRKKLVDSTDKAD LRLIYLALAHMIKFRGHFLIEGDLNPDNSDVDKLFIQLVQTYNQLFEENP INASGVDAKAILSARLSKSRRLENLIAQLGEKKNGLFGNLIALSLGLTPN FKSNFDLAEDAKLQLSKDTYDDDLDNLLAQIGDQYADLFLAAKNLSDAIL LSDILRVNTEITKAPLSASMIKRYDEHHQDLTLLKALVRQQLPEKYKEIF FDQSKNGYAGYIDGGASQEEFYKFIKPILEKMDGTEELLVKLNREDLLRK QRTFDNGSPHQIHLGELHAILRRQEDFYPFLKDNREKIEKILTFRIPYYV GPLARGNSRFAWMTRKSEETITPWNFEEVVDKGASAQSFIERMTNFDKNL PNEKVLPKHSLLYEYFTVYNELTKVKYVTEGMRKPAFLSGEQKKAIVDLL FKTNRKVTVKQLKEDYFKKIECFDSVEISGVEDRFNASLGTYHDLLKIIK DKDFLDNEENEDILEDIVLTLTLFEDREMIEERLKTYAHLFDDKVMKQLK RRRYTGWGRLSRKLINGIRDKQSGKTILDFLKSDGFANRNFMQLIHDDSL TFKEDIQKAQVSGQGDSLHEHIANLAGSPAIKKGILQTVKVVDELVKVMG RHKPENIVIEMARENQTTQKGQKNSRERMKRIEEGIKELGSQILKEHPVE NTQLQNEKLYLYYLQNGRDMYVDQELDINRLSDYDVDAIVPQSFLKDDSI DNKVLTRSDKNRGKSDNVPSEEVVKKMKNYWRQLLNAKLITQRKFDNLTK AERGGLSELDKAGFIKRQLVETRQITKHVAQILDSRMNTKYDENDKLIRE VKVITLKSKLVSDFRKDFQFYKVREINNYHHAHDAYLNAVVGTALIKKYP KLESEFVYGDYKVYDVRKMIAKSEQEIGKATAKYFFYSNIMNFFKTEITL ANGEIRKRPLIETNGETGEIVWDKGRDFATVRKVLSMPQVNIVKKTEVQT GGFSKESILPKRNSDKLIARKKDWDPKKYGGFDSPTVAYSVLVVAKVEKG KSKKLKSVKELLGITIMERSSFEKNPIDFLEAKGYKEVKKDLIIKLPKYS LFELENGRKRMLASAGELQKGNELALPSKYVNFLYLASHYEKLKGSPEDN EQKQLFVEQHKHYLDEIIEQISEFSKRVILADANLDKVLSAYNKHRDKPI REQAENIIHLFTLTNLGAPAAFKYFDTTIDRKRYTSTKEVLDATLIHQSI TGLYETRIDLSQLGGDSGGSPKKKRKV
NBE2 (rAPOBEC1-XTEN-dCas9-UGI-NLS) (SEQ ID NO: 156) -
MSSETGPVAVDPTLRRRIEPHEFEVFFDPRELRKETCLLYEINWGGRHSI WRHTSQNTNKHVEVNFIEKFTTERYFCPNTRCSITWFLSWSPCGECSRAI TEFLSRYPHVTLFIYIARLYHHADPRNRQGLRDLISSGVTIQIMTEQESG YCWRNFVNYSPSNEAHWPRYPHLWVRLYVLELYCIILGLPPCLNILRRKQ PQLTFFTIALQSCHYQRLPPHILWATGLKSGSETPGTSESATPESDKKYS IGLAIGTNSVGWAVITDEYKVPSKKFKVLGNTDRHSIKKNLIGALLFDSG ETAEATRLKRTARRRYTRRKNRICYLQEIFSNEMAKVDDSFFHRLEESF LVEEDKKHERHPIFGNIVDEVAYHEKYPTIYHLRKKLVDSTDKADLRLIY LALAHMIKFRGHFLIEGDLNPDNSDVDKLFIQLVQTYNQLFEENPINASG VDAKAILSARLSKSRRLENLIAQLPGEKKNGLFGNLIALSLGLTPNFKSN FDLAEDAKLQLSKDTYDDDLDNLLAQIGDQYADLFLAAKNLSDAILLSDI LRVNTEITKAPLSASMIKRYDEHHQDLTLLKALVRQQLPEKYKEIFFDQS KNGYAGYIDGGASQEEFYKFIKPILEKMDGTEELLVKLNREDLLRKQRTF DNGSIPHQIHLGELHAILRRQEDFYPFLKDNREKIEKILTFRIPYYVGPL ARGNSRFAWMTRKSEETITPWNFEEVVDKGASAQSFIERMTNFDKNLPNE KVLPKHSLLYEYFTVYNELTKVKYVTEGMRKPAFLSGEQKKAIVDLLFKT NRKVTVKQLKEDYFKKIECFDSVEISGVEDRFNASLGTYHDLLKIIKDKD FLDNEENEDILEDIVLTLTLFEDREMIEERLKTYAHLFDDKVMKQLKRRR YTGWGRLSRKLINGIRDKQSGKTILDFLKSDGFANRNFMQLIHDDSLTFK EDIQKAQVSGQGDSLHEHIANLAGSPAIKKGILQTVKVVDELVKVMGRHK PENIVIEMARENQTTQKGQKNSRERMKRIEEGIKELGSQILKEHPVENTQ LQNEKLYLYYLQNGRDMYVDQELDINRLSDYDVDAIVPQSFLKDDSIDNK VLTRSDKNRGKSDNVPSEEVVKKMKNYWRQLLNAKLITQRKFDNLTKAER GGLSELDKAGFIKRQLVETRQITKHVAQILDSRMNTKYDENDKLIREVKV ITLKSKLVSDFRKDFQFYKVREINNYHHAHDAYLNAVVGTALIKKYPKLE SEFVYGDYKVYDVRKMIAKSEQEIGKATAKYFFYSNIMNFFKTEITLANG EIRKRPLIETNGETGEIVWDKGRDFATVRKVLSMPQVNIVKKTEVQTGGF SKESILPKRNSDKLIARKKDWDPKKYGGFDSPTVAYSVLVVAKVEKGKSK KLKSVKELLGITIMERSSFEKNPIDFLEAKGYKEVKKDLIIKLPKYSLFE LENGRKRMLASAGELQKGNELALPSKYVNFLYLASHYEKLKGSPEDNEQK QLFVEQHKHYLDEIIEQISEFSKRVILADANLDKVLSAYNKHRDKPIREQ AENIIHLFTLTNLGAPAAFKYFDTTIDRKRYTSTKEVLDATLIHQSITGL YETRIDLSQLGGDSGGSTNLSDIIEKETGKQLVIQESILMLPEEVEEVIG NKPESDILVHTAYDESTDENVMLLTSDAPEYKPWALVIQDSNGENKIKML SGGSPKKKRKV
NBE3 (rAPOBEC1-XTEN-Cas9n-UGI-NLS) (SEQ ID NO: 157) -
MSSETGPVAVDPTLRRRIEPHEFEVFFDPRELRKETCLLYEINWGGRHSI WRHTSQNTNKHVEVNFIEKFTTERYFCPNTRCSITWFLSWSPCGECSRAI TEFLSRYPHVTLFIYIARLYHHADPRNRQGLRDLISSGVTIQIMTEQESG YCWRNFVNYSPSNEAHWPRYPHLWVRLYVLELYCIILGLPPCLNILRRKQ PQLTFFTIALQSCHYQRLPPHILWATGLKSGSETPGTSESATPESDKKYS IGLAIGTNSVGWAVITDEYKVPSKKFKVLGNTDRHSIKKNLIGALLFDSG ETAEATRLKRTARRRYTRRKNRICYLQEIFSNEMAKVDDSFFHRLEESFL VEEDKKHERHPIFGNIVDEVAYHEKYPTIYHLRKKLVDSTDKADLRLIYL ALAHMIKFRGHFLIEGDLNPDNSDVDKLFIQLVQTYNQLFEENPINASGV DAKAILSARLSKSRRLENLIAQLPGEKKNGLFGNLIALSLGLTPNFKSNF DLAEDAKLQLSKDTYDDDLDNLLAQIGDQYADLFLAAKNLSDAILLSDIL RVNTEITKAPLSASMIKRYDEHHQDLTLLKALVRQQLPEKYKEIFFDQSK NGYAGYIDGGASQEEFYKFIKPILEKMDGTEELLVKLNREDLLRKQRTFD NGSIPHQIHLGELHAILRRQEDFYPFLKDNREKIEKILTFRIPYYVGPLA RGNSRFAWMTRKSEETITPWNFEEVVDKGASAQSFIERMTNFDKNLPNEK VLPKHSLLYEYFTVYNELTKVKYVTEGMRKPAFLSGEQKKAIVDLLFKTN RKVTVKQLKEDYFKKIECFDSVEISGVEDRFNASLGTYHDLLKIIKDKDF LDNEENEDILEDIVLTLTLFEDREMIEERLKTYAHLFDDKVMKQLKRRRY TGWGRLSRKLINGIRDKQSGKTILDFLKSDGFANRNFMQLIHDDSLTFKE DIQKAQVSGQGDSLHEHIANLAGSPAIKKGILQTVKVVDELVKVMGRHKP ENIVIEMARENQTTQKGQKNSRERMKRIEEGIKELGSQILKEHPVENTQL QNEKLYLYYLQNGRDMYVDQELDINRLSDYDVDHIVPQSFLKDDSIDNKV LTRSDKNRGKSDNVPSEEVVKKMKNYWRQLLNAKLITQRKFDNLTKAERG GLSELDKAGFIKRQLVETRQITKHVAQILDSRMNTKYDENDKLIREVKVI TLKSKLVSDFRKDFQFYKVREINNYHHAHDAYLNAVVGTALIKKYPKLES EFVYGDYKVYDVRKMIAKSEQEIGKATAKYFFYSNIMNFFKTEITLANGE IRKRPLIETNGETGEIVWDKGRDFATVRKVLSMPQVNIVKKTEVQTGGFS KESILPKRNSDKLIARKKDWDPKKYGGFDSPTVAYSVLVVAKVEKGKSKK LKSVKELLGITIMERSSFEKNPIDFLEAKGYKEVKKDLIIKLPKYSLFEL ENGRKRMLASAGELQKGNELALPSKYVNFLYLASHYEKLKGSPEDNEQKQ LFVEQHKHYLDEIIEQISEFSKRVILADANLDKVLSAYNKHRDKPIREQA ENIIHLFTLTNLGAPAAFKYFDTTIDRKRYTSTKEVLDATLIHQSITGLY ETRIDLSQLGGDSGGSTNLSDIIEKETGKQLVIQESILMLPEEVEEVIGN KPESDILVHTAYDESTDENVMLLTSDAPEYKPWALVIQDSNGENKIKMLS GGSPKKKRKV
pmCDA1-XTEN-dCas9-UGI (bacteria) (SEQ ID NO: 159) -
MTDAEYVRIHEKLDIYTFKKQFFNNKKSVSHRCYVLFELKRRGERRACFW GYAVNKPQSGTERGIHAEIFSIRKVEEYLRDNPGQFTINWYSSWSPCADC AEKILEWYNQELRGNGHTLKIWACKLYYEKNARNQIGLWNLRDNGVGLNV MVSEHYQCCRKIFIQSSHNQLNENRWLEKTLKRAEKRRSELSIMIQVKIL HTTKSPAVSGSETPGTSESATPESDKKYSIGLAIGTNSVGWAVITDEYKV PSKKFKVLGNTDRHSIKKNLIGALLFDSGETAEATRLKRTARRRYTRRKN RICYLQEIFSNEMAKVDDSFFHRLEESFLVEEDKKHERHPIFGNIVDEVA YHEKYPTIYHLRKKLVDSTDKADLRLIYLALAHMIKFRGHFLIEGDLNPD NSDVDKLFIQLVQTYNQLFEENPINASGVDAKAILSARLSKSRRLENLIA QLPGEKKNGLFGNLIALSLGLTPNFKSNFDLAEDAKLQLSKDTYDDDLDN LLAQIGDQYADLFLAAKNLSDAILLSDILRVNTEITKAPLSASMIKRYDE HHQDLTLLKALVRQQLPEKYKEIFFDQSKNGYAGYIDGGASQEEFYKFIK PILEKMDGTEELLVKLNREDLLRKQRTFDNGSIPHQIHLGELHAILRRQE DFYPFLKDNREKIEKILTFRIPYYVGPLARGNSRFAWMTRKSEETITPWN FEEVVDKGASAQSFIERMTNFDKNLPNEKVLPKHSLLYEYFTVYNELTKV KYVTEGMRKPAFLSGEQKKAIVDLLFKTNRKVTVKQLKEDYFKKIECFDS VEISGVEDRFNASLGTYHDLLKIIKDKDFLDNEENEDILEDIVLTLTLFE DREMIEERLKTYAHLFDDKVMKQLKRRRYTGWGRLSRKLINGIRDKQSGK TILDFLKSDGFANRNFMQLIHDDSLTFKEDIQKAQVSGQGDSLHEHIANL AGSPAIKKGILQTVKVVDELVKVMGRHKPENIVIEMARENQTTQKGQKNS RERMKRIEEGIKELGSQILKEHPVENTQLQNEKLYLYYLQNGRDMYVDQE LDINRLSDYDVDAIVPQSFLKDDSIDNKVLTRSDKNRGKSDNVPSEEVVK KMKNYWRQLLNAKLITQRKFDNLTKAERGGLSELDKAGFIKRQLVETRQI TKHVAQILDSRMNTKYDENDKLIREVKVITLKSKLVSDFRKDFQFYKVRE INNYHHAHDAYLNAVVGTALIKKYPKLESEFVYGDYKVYDVRKMIAKSEQ EIGKATAKYFFYSNIMNFFKTEITLANGEIRKRPLIETNGETGEIVWDKG RDFATVRKVLSMPQVNIVKKTEVQTGGFSKESILPKRNSDKLIARKKDWD PKKYGGFDSPTVAYSVLVVAKVEKGKSKKLKSVKELLGITIMERSSFEKN PIDFLEAKGYKEVKKDLIIKLPKYSLFELENGRKRMLASAGELQKGNELA LPSKYVNFLYLASHYEKLKGSPEDNEQKQLFVEQHKHYLDEIIEQISEFS KRVILADANLDKVLSAYNKHRDKPIREQAENIIHLFTLTNLGAPAAFKYF DTTIDRKRYTSTKEVLDATLIHQSITGLYETRIDLSQLGGDSGGSMTNLS DIIEKETGKQLVIQESILMLPEEVEEVIGNKPESDILVHTAYDESTDENV MLLTSDAPEYKPWALVIQDSNGENKIKML
pmCDA1-XTEN-nCas9-UGI-NLS (mammalian construct) (SEQ ID NO: 160) -
MTDAEYVRIHEKLDIYTFKKQFFNNKKSVSHRCYVLFELKRRGERRACFW GYAVNKPQSGTERGIHAEIFSIRKVEEYLRDNPGQFTINWYSSWSPCADC AEKILEWYNQELRGNGHTLKIWACKLYYEKNARNQIGLWNLRDNGVGLNV MVSEHYQCCRKIFIQSSHNQLNENRWLEKTLKRAEKRRSELSIMIQVKIL HTTKSPAVSGSETPGTSESATPESDKKYSIGLAIGTNSVGWAVITDEYKV PSKKFKVLGNTDRHSIKKNLIGALLFDSGETAEATRLKRTARRRYTRRKN RICYLQEIFSNEMAKVDDSFFHRLEESFLVEEDKKHERHPIFGNIVDEVA YHEKYPTIYHLRKKLVDSTDKADLRLIYLALAHMIKFRGHFLIEGDLNPD NSDVDKLFIQLVQTYNQLFEENPINASGVDAKAILSARLSKSRRLENLIA QLPGEKKNGLFGNLIALSLGLTPNFKSNFDLAEDAKLQLSKDTYDDDLDN LLAQIGDQYADLFLAAKNLSDAILLSDILRVNTEITKAPLSASMIKRYDE HHQDLTLLKALVRQQLPEKYKEIFFDQSKNGYAGYIDGGASQEEFYKFIK PILEKMDGTEELLVKLNREDLLRKQRTFDNGSIPHQIHLGELHAILRRQE DFYPFLKDNREKIEKILTFRIPYYVGPLARGNSRFAWMTRKSEETITPWN FEEVVDKGASAQSFIERMTNFDKNLPNEKVLPKHSLLYEYFTVYNELTKV KYVTEGMRKPAFLSGEQKKAIVDLLFKTNRKVTVKQLKEDYFKKIECFDS VEISGVEDRFNASLGTYHDLLKIIKDKDFLDNEENEDILEDIVLTLTLFE DREMIEERLKTYAHLFDDKVMKQLKRRRYTGWGRLSRKLINGIRDKQSGK TILDFLKSDGFANRNFMQLIHDDSLTFKEDIQKAQVSGQGDSLHEHIANL AGSPAIKKGILQTVKVVDELVKVMGRHKPENIVIEMARENQTTQKGQKNS RERMKRIEEGIKELGSQILKEHPVENTQLQNEKLYLYYLQNGRDMYVDQE LDINRLSDYDVDHIVPQSFLKDDSIDNKVLTRSDKNRGKSDNVPSEEVVK KMKNYWRQLLNAKLITQRKFDNLTKAERGGLSELDKAGFIKRQLVETRQI TKHVAQILDSRMNTKYDENDKLIREVKVITLKSKLVSDFRKDFQFYKVRE INNYHHAHDAYLNAVVGTALIKKYPKLESEFVYGDYKVYDVRKMIAKSEQ EIGKATAKYFFYSNIMNFFKTEITLANGEIRKRPLIETNGETGEIVWDKG RDFATVRKVLSMPQVNIVKKTEVQTGGFSKESILPKRNSDKLIARKKDWD PKKYGGFDSPTVAYSVLVVAKVEKGKSKKLKSVKELLGITIMERSSFEKN PIDFLEAKGYKEVKKDLIIKLPKYSLFELENGRKRMLASAGELQKGNELA LPSKYVNFLYLASHYEKLKGSPEDNEQKQLFVEQHKHYLDEIIEQISEFS KRVILADANLDKVLSAYNKHRDKPIREQAENIIHLFTLTNLGAPAAFKYF DTTIDRKRYTSTKEVLDATLIHQSITGLYETRIDLSQLGGDSGGSTNLSD IIEKETGKQLVIQESILMLPEEVEEVIGNKPESDILVHTAYDESTDENVM LLTSDAPEYKPWALVIQDSNGENKIKMLSGGSPKKKRKV
huAPOBEC3G-XTEN-dCas9-UGI (bacteria) (SEQ ID NO: 161) -
MDPPTFTFNFNNEPWVRGRHETYLCYEVERMHNDTWVLLNQRRGFLCNQA PHKHGFLEGRHAELCFLDVIPFWKLDLDQDYRVTCFTSWSPCFSCAQEMA KFISKNKHVSLCIFTARIYDDQGRCQEGLRTLAEAGAKISIMTYSEFKHC WDTFVDHQGCPFQPWDGLDEHSQDLSGRLRAILQSGSETPGTSESATPES DKKYSIGLAIGTNSVGWAVITDEYKVPSKKFKVLGNTDRHSIKKNLIGAL LFDSGETAEATRLKRTARRRYTRRKNRICYLQEIFSNEMAKVDDSFFHRL EESFLVEEDKKHERHPIFGNIVDEVAYHEKYPTIYHLRKKLVDSTDKADL RLIYLALAHMIKFRGHFLIEGDLNPDNSDVDKLFIQLVQTYNQLFEENPI NASGVDAKAILSARLSKSRRLENLIAQLPGEKKNGLFGNLIALSLGLTPN FKSNFDLAEDAKLQLSKDTYDDDLDNLLAQIGDQYADLFLAAKNLSDAIL LSDILRVNTEITKAPLSASMIKRYDEHHQDLTLLKALVRQQLPEKYKEIF FDQSKNGYAGYIDGGASQEEFYKFIKPILEKMDGTEELLVKLNREDLLRK QRTFDNGSIPHQIHLGELHAILRRQEDFYPFLKDNREKIEKILTFRIPYY VGPLARGNSRFAWMTRKSEETITPWNFEEVVDKGASAQSFIERMTNFDKN LPNEKVLPKHSLLYEYFTVYNELTKVKYVTEGMRKPAFLSGEQKKAIVDL LFKTNRKVTVKQLKEDYFKKIECFDSVEISGVEDRFNASLGTYHDLLKII KDKDFLDNEENEDILEDIVLTLTLFEDREMIEERLKTYAHLFDDKVMKQL KRRRYTGWGRLSRKLINGIRDKQSGKTILDFLKSDGFANRNFMQLIHDDS LTFKEDIQKAQVSGQGDSLHEHIANLAGSPAIKKGILQTVKVVDELVKVM GRHKPENIVIEMARENQTTQKGQKNSRERMKRIEEGIKELGSQILKEHPV ENTQLQNEKLYLYYLQNGRDMYVDQELDINRLSDYDVDAIVPQSFLKDDS IDNKVLTRSDKNRGKSDNVPSEEVVKKMKNYWRQLLNAKLITQRKFDNLT KAERGGLSELDKAGFIKRQLVETRQITKHVAQILDSRMNTKYDENDKLIR EVKVITLKSKLVSDFRKDFQFYKVREINNYHHAHDAYLNAVVGTALIKKY PKLESEFVYGDYKVYDVRKMIAKSEQEIGKATAKYFFYSNIMNFFKTEIT LANGEIRKRPLIETNGETGEIVWDKGRDFATVRKVLSMPQVNIVKKTEVQ TGGFSKESILPKRNSDKLIARKKDWDPKKYGGFDSPTVAYSVLVVAKVEK GKSKKLKSVKELLGITIMERSSFEKNPIDFLEAKGYKEVKKDLIIKLPKY SLFELENGRKRMLASAGELQKGNELALPSKYVNFLYLASHYEKLKGSPED NEQKQLFVEQHKHYLDEIIEQISEFSKRVILADANLDKVLSAYNKHRDKP IREQAENIIHLFTLTNLGAPAAFKYFDTTIDRKRYTSTKEVLDATLIHQS ITGLYETRIDLSQLGGDSGGSMTNLSDIIEKETGKQLVIQESILMLPEEV EEVIGNKPESDILVHTAYDESTDENVMLLTSDAPEYKPWALVIQDSNGEN KIKML
huAPOBEC3G-XTEN-nCas9-UGI-NLS (mammalian construct) (SEQ ID NO: 162) -
MDPPTFTFNFNNEPWVRGRHETYLCYEVERMHNDTWVLLNQRRGFLCNQA PHKHGFLEGRHAELCFLDVIPFWKLDLDQDYRVTCFTSWSPCFSCAQEMA KFISKNKHVSLCIFTARIYDDQGRCQEGLRTLAEAGAKISIMTYSEFKHC WDTFVDHQGCPFQPWDGLDEHSQDLSGRLRAILQSGSETPGTSESATPES DKKYSIGLAIGTNSVGWAVITDEYKVPSKKFKVLGNTDRHSIKKNLIGAL LFDSGETAEATRLKRTARRRYTRRKNRICYLQEIFSNEMAKVDDSFFHRL EESFLVEEDKKHERHPIFGNIVDEVAYHEKYPTIYHLRKKLVDSTDKADL RLIYLALAHMIKFRGHFLIEGDLNPDNSDVDKLFIQLVQTYNQLFEENPI NASGVDAKAILSARLSKSRRLENLIAQLPGEKKNGLFGNLIALSLGLTPN FKSNFDLAEDAKLQLSKDTYDDDLDNLLAQIGDQYADLFLAAKNLSDAIL LSDILRVNTEITKAPLSASMIKRYDEHHQDLTLLKALVRQQLPEKYKEIF FDQSKNGYAGYIDGGASQEEFYKFIKPILEKMDGTEELLVKLNREDLLRK QRTFDNGSIPHQIHLGELHAILRRQEDFYPFLKDNREKIEKILTFRIPYY VGPLARGNSRFAWMTRKSEETITPWNFEEVVDKGASAQSFIERMTNFDKN LPNEKVLPKHSLLYEYFTVYNELTKVKYVTEGMRKPAFLSGEQKKAIVDL LFKTNRKVTVKQLKEDYFKKIECFDSVEISGVEDRFNASLGTYHDLLKII KDKDFLDNEENEDILEDIVLTLTLFEDREMIEERLKTYAHLFDDKVMKQL KRRRYTGWGRLSRKLINGIRDKQSGKTILDFLKSDGFANRNFMQLIHDDS LTFKEDIQKAQVSGQGDSLHEHIANLAGSPAIKKGILQTVKVVDELVKVM GRHKPENIVIEMARENQTTQKGQKNSRERMKRIEEGIKELGSQILKEHPV ENTQLQNEKLYLYYLQNGRDMYVDQELDINRLSDYDVDHIVPQSFLKDDS IDNKVLTRSDKNRGKSDNVPSEEVVKKMKNYWRQLLNAKLITQRKFDNLT KAERGGLSELDKAGFIKRQLVETRQITKHVAQILDSRMNTKYDENDKLIR EVKVITLKSKLVSDFRKDFQFYKVREINNYHHAHDAYLNAVVGTALIKKY PKLESEFVYGDYKVYDVRKMIAKSEQEIGKATAKYFFYSNIMNFFKTEIT LANGEIRKRPLIETNGETGEIVWDKGRDFATVRKVLSMPQVNIVKKTEVQ TGGFSKESILPKRNSDKLIARKKDWDPKKYGGFDSPTVAYSVLVVAKVEK GKSKKLKSVKELLGITIMERSSFEKNPIDFLEAKGYKEVKKDLIIKLPKY SLFELENGRKRMLASAGELQKGNELALPSKYVNFLYLASHYEKLKGSPED NEQKQLFVEQHKHYLDEIIEQISEFSKRVILADANLDKVLSAYNKHRDKP IREQAENIIHLFTLTNLGAPAAFKYFDTTIDRKRYTSTKEVLDATLIHQS ITGLYETRIDLSQLGGDSGGSTNLSDIIEKETGKQLVIQESILMLPEEVE EVIGNKPESDILVHTAYDESTDENVMLLTSDAPEYKPWALVIQDSNGENK IKMLSGGSPKKKRKV
huAPOBEC3G (D316R_D317R)-XTEN-nCas9-UGI-NLS (mammalian construct) (SEQ ID NO: 163) -
MDPPTFTFNFNNEPWVRGRHETYLCYEVERMHNDTWVLLNQRRGFLCNQA PHKHGFLEGRHAELCFLDVIPFWKLDLDQDYRVTCFTSWSPCFSCAQEMA KFISKNKHVSLCIFTARIYRRQGRCQEGLRTLAEAGAKISIMTYSEFKHC WDTFVDHQGCPFQPWDGLDEHSQDLSGRLRAILQSGSETPGTSESATPES DKKYSIGLAIGTNSVGWAVITDEYKVPSKKFKVLGNTDRHSIKKNLIGAL LFDSGETAEATRLKRTARRRYTRRKNRICYLQEIFSNEMAKVDDSFFHRL EESFLVEEDKKHERHPIFGNIVDEVAYHEKYPTIYHLRKKLVDSTDKADL RLIYLALAHMIKFRGHFLIEGDLNPDNSDVDKLFIQLVQTYNQLFEENPI NASGVDAKAILSARLSKSRRLENLIAQLPGEKKNGLFGNLIALSLGLTPN FKSNFDLAEDAKLQLSKDTYDDDLDNLLAQIGDQYADLFLAAKNLSDAIL LSDILRVNTEITKAPLSASMIKRYDEHHQDLTLLKALVRQQLPEKYKEIF FDQSKNGYAGYIDGGASQEEFYKFIKPILEKMDGTEELLVKLNREDLLRK QRTFDNGSIPHQIHLGELHAILRRQEDFYPFLKDNREKIEKILTFRIPYY VGPLARGNSRFAWMTRKSEETITPWNFEEVVDKGASAQSFIERMTNFDKN LPNEKVLPKHSLLYEYFTVYNELTKVKYVTEGMRKPAFLSGEQKKAIVDL LFKTNRKVTVKQLKEDYFKKIECFDSVEISGVEDRFNASLGTYHDLLKII KDKDFLDNEENEDILEDIVLTLTLFEDREMIEERLKTYAHLFDDKVMKQL KRRRYTGWGRLSRKLINGIRDKQSGKTILDFLKSDGFANRNFMQLIHDDS LTFKEDIQKAQVSGQGDSLHEHIANLAGSPAIKKGILQTVKVVDELVKVM GRHKPENIVIEMARENQTTQKGQKNSRERMKRIEEGIKELGSQILKEHPV ENTQLQNEKLYLYYLQNGRDMYVDQELDINRLSDYDVDHIVPQSFLKDDS IDNKVLTRSDKNRGKSDNVPSEEVVKKMKNYWRQLLNAKLITQRKFDNLT KAERGGLSELDKAGFIKRQLVETRQITKHVAQILDSRMNTKYDENDKLIR EVKVITLKSKLVSDFRKDFQFYKVREINNYHHAHDAYLNAVVGTALIKKY PKLESEFVYGDYKVYDVRKMIAKSEQEIGKATAKYFFYSNIMNFFKTEIT LANGEIRKRPLIETNGETGEIVWDKGRDFATVRKVLSMPQVNIVKKTEVQ TGGFSKESILPKRNSDKLIARKKDWDPKKYGGFDSPTVAYSVLVVAKVEK GKSKKLKSVKELLGITIMERSSFEKNPIDFLEAKGYKEVKKDLIIKLPKY SLFELENGRKRMLASAGELQKGNELALPSKYVNFLYLASHYEKLKGSPED NEQKQLFVEQHKHYLDEIIEQISEFSKRVILADANLDKVLSAYNKHRDKP IREQAENIIHLFTLTNLGAPAAFKYFDTTIDRKRYTSTKEVLDATLIHQS ITGLYETRIDLSQLGGDSGGSTNLSDIIEKETGKQLVIQESILMLPEEVE EVIGNKPESDILVHTAYDESTDENVMLLTSDAPEYKPWALVIQDSNGENK IKMLSGGSPKKKRKV - Base Calling Matlab Script
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(SEQ ID NO: 164) WTnuc = ‘GCGGACATGGAGGACGTGCGCGGCCGCCTGGTGCAGTACCG CGGCGAGGTGCAGGCCATGCTCGGCCAGA GCACCGAGGAGCTGCGGGTGCGCCTCGCCTCCCACCTGCGCAAGCTGCGT AAGCGGCTCCTCCGCGATGCCGATGACCTGCAGAAGCGCCTGGCAGTGTA CCAGGCCGGGGCCCGCGAGGGCGCCGAGCGCGGCCTCAGCGCCATCCGCG AGCGCCTGGGGCCCCTGGTGGAACAG’; -
%cycle through fastq files for different samples files=dir(‘*.fastq’); for d=1:20 filename=files(d).name; %read fastq file [header,seqs,qscore]=fastqread(filename); seqsLength = length(seqs); % number of sequences seqsFile= strrep(filename,‘.fastq’,‘’); % trims off .fastq %create a directory with the same name as fastq file ifexist(seqsFile,‘dir’); error(‘Directory already exists. Please rename or move it before moving on.’); end mkdir(seqsFile); % make directory wtLength = length(WTnuc); % length of wildtype sequence %% aligning back to the wildtype nucleotide sequence % % AlN is a matrix of the nucleotide alignment window=1:wtLength; sBLength = length(seqs); % number of sequences % counts number of skips nSkips = 0; ALN=repmat(‘’,[sBLengthwtLength]); % iterate through each sequencing read for i = 1:sBLength %If you only have forward read fastq files leave as is %If you have R1 foward and R2 is reverse fastq files uncomment the %next four lines of code and the subsequent end statement % ifmod(d,2)==0; % reverse=seqrcomplement(seqs{i}); % [score,alignment,start]= swalign(reverse,WTnuc,‘Alphabet’,‘NT’); % else [score,alignment,start]=swalign(seqs{i},WTnuc,‘Alphabet’,‘NT’); % end % length of the sequencing read len= length(alignment(3,:)); % if there is a gap in the alignment, skip = 1 and we will % throw away the entire read skip = 0; for j = 1:len if (alignment(3,j) == ‘-’ || alignment(1,j) == ‘-’) skip = 1; break; end %in addition if the qscore for any given base in the read is %below 31 the nucleotide is turned into an N (fastq qscores that are not letters) ifisletter(qscore{i}(start(1)+j−1)) else alignment(1,j) = ‘N’; end end if skip == 0 && len>10 ALN(i, start(2):(start(2)+length(alignment)−1))=alignment(1,:); end end % with the alignment matrices we can simply tally up the occurrences of % each nucleotide at each column in the alignment these % tallies ignore bases annotated as N % due to low qscores TallyNTD=zeros(5,wtLength); fori=1:wtLength TallyNTD(:,i)=[sum(ALN(:,i)==‘A’),sum(ALN(:,i)==‘C’),sum(ALN(:,i)==‘G’),sum(ALN (:,i)==‘T’),sum(ALN(:,i)==‘N’)]; end % we then save these tally matrices in the respective folder for % further processing save(strcat(seqsFile,‘/TallyNTD’),‘TallyNTD’); dlmwrite(strcat(seqsFile,‘/TallyNTD.txt’),TallyNTD,‘precision’, ‘%.3f’, ‘newline’, ‘pc’); end - INDEL Detection Matlab Script
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(SEQ ID NO: 164) WTnuc = ‘GCGGACATGGAGGACGTGCGCGGCCGCCTGGTGCAGTACCGC GGCGAGGTGCAGGCCATGCTCGGCCAGA GCACCGAGGAGCTGCGGGTGCGCCTCGCCTCCCACCTGCGCAAGCTGCGT AAGCGGCTCCTCCGCGATGCCGATGACCTGCAGAAGCGCCTGGCAGTGTA CCAGGCCGGGGCCCGCGAGGGCGCCGAGCGCGGCCTCAGCGCCATCCGCG AGCGCCTGGGGCCCCTGGTGGAACAG’; -
%cycle through fastq files for different samples files=dir(‘*.fastq’); %specify start and width of indel window as well as length of each flank indelstart=154; width=30; flank=10; for d=1:3 filename=files(d).name; %read fastq file [header,seqs,qscore]=fastqread(filename); seqsLength=length(seqs); % number of sequences seqsFile =strcat(strrep(filename,‘fastq’,‘’),‘_INDELS’); %create a directory with the same name as fastq file+_INDELS ifexist(seqsFile,‘dir’); error(‘Directory already exists. Please rename or move it before moving on.’); end mkdir(seqsFile); % make directory wtLength = length(WTnuc); % length of wildtype sequence sBLength = length(seqs); % number of sequences % initialize counters and cell arrays nSkips = 0; notINDEL=0; ins={ }; dels={ }; NumIns=0; NumDels=0; % iterate through each sequencing read for i = 1:sBLength %search for 10BP sequences that should flank both sides of the “INDEL WINDOW” windowstart=strfind(seqs{i},WTnuc(indelstart-flank:indelstart)); windowend=strfind(seqs{i},WTnuc(indelstart+width:indelstart+width+flank )); %if the flanks are found proceed iflength(windowstart)==1 && length(windowend)==1 %if the sequence length matches the INDEL window length save as %not INDEL if windowend-windowstart==width+flank notINDEL=notINDEL+1; %if the sequence is two or more bases longer than the INDEL %window length save as an Insertion elseif windowend-windowstart>=width+flank+2 NumIns=NumIns+1; ins{NumIns}=seqs{i}; %if the sequence is two or more bases shorter than the INDEL %window length save as a Deletion elseif windowend-windowstart<=width+flank-2 NumDels=NumDels+1; dels{NumDels}=seqs{i}; %keep track of skipped sequences that are either one base %shorter or longer than the INDEL window width else nSkips=nSkips+1; end %keep track of skipped sequences that do not possess matching flank %sequences else nSkips=nSkips+1; end end fid=fopen(strcat(seqsFile,‘/summary.txt’),‘wt’); fprintf(fid, ‘Skipped reads %i\n not INDEL %i\n Insertions %i\n Deletions %i\n’, [nSkips, notINDEL, NumIns, NumDels]); fclose(fid); save(strcat(seqsFile,‘/nSkips’),‘nSkips’); save(strcat(seqsFile,‘/notINDEL’),‘notINDEL’); save(strcat(seqsFile,‘/NumIns’),‘NumIns’); save(strcat(seqsFile,‘/NumDels’),‘NumDels’); save(strcat(seqsFile,‘/dels’),‘dels’); C = dels; fid = fopen(strcat(seqsFile, ‘/dels.txt’), ‘wt’); fprintf(fid, ‘“%s”\n’, C{:}); fclose(fid); save(strcat(seqsFile,‘/ins’),‘ins’); C = ins; fid = fopen(strcat(seqsFile, ‘/ins.txt’), ‘wt’); fprintf(fid, ‘“%s”\n’, C{:}); fclose(fid); end - The disclosure provides Cas9 variants, for example Cas9 proteins from one or more organisms, which may comprise one or more mutations (e.g., to generate dCas9 or Cas9 nickase). In some embodiments, one or more of the amino acid residues, identified below by an asterek, of a Cas9 protein may be mutated. In some embodiments, the D10 and/or H840 residues of the amino acid sequence provided in SEQ ID NO: 6, or a corresponding mutation in any Cas9 protein, such as any one of the Cas9 amino acid sequences as provided herein, are mutated. In some embodiments, the D10 residue of the amino acid sequence provided in SEQ ID NO: 6, or a corresponding mutation in any Cas9 protein, such as any one of the Cas9 amino acid sequences as provided herein, is mutated to any amino acid residue, except for D. In some embodiments, the D10 residue of the amino acid sequence provided in SEQ ID NO: 6, or a corresponding mutation in any Cas9 protein, such as any one of the Cas9 amino acid sequences as provided herein, is mutated to an A. In some embodiments, the H840 residue of the amino acid sequence provided in SEQ ID NO: 6, or a corresponding residue in any Cas9 protein, such as any one of the Cas9 amino acid sequences as provided herein, is an H. In some embodiments, the H840 residue of the amino acid sequence provided in SEQ ID NO: 6, or a corresponding mutation in any Cas9 protein, such as any one of the Cas9 amino acid sequences as provided herein, is mutated to any amino acid residue, except for H. In some embodiments, the H840 residue of the amino acid sequence provided in SEQ ID NO: 6, or a corresponding mutation in any Cas9 protein, such as any one of the Cas9 amino acid sequences as provided herein, is mutated to an A. In some embodiments, the D10 residue of the amino acid sequence provided in SEQ ID NO: 6, or a corresponding residue in any Cas9 protein, such as any one of the Cas9 amino acid sequences as provided herein, is a D.
- A number of Cas9 sequences from various species were aligned to determine whether corresponding homologous amino acid residues of D10 and H840 of SEQ ID NO: 6 or SEQ ID NO: 567 can be identified in other Cas9 proteins, allowing the generation of Cas9 variants with corresponding mutations of the homologous amino acid residues. The alignment was carried out using the NCBI Constraint-based Multiple Alignment Tool (COBALT(accessible at st-va.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/tools/cobalt), with the following parameters. Alignment parameters: Gap penalties −11,−1; End-Gap penalties −5,−1. CDD Parameters: Use RPS BLAST on; Blast E-value 0.003; Find Conserved columns and Recompute on. Query Clustering Parameters: Use query clusters on;
Word Size 4; Max cluster distance 0.8; Alphabet Regular. - An exemplary alignment of four Cas9 sequences is provided below. The Cas9 sequences in the alignment are: Sequence 1 (S1): SEQ ID NO: 567|WP_0109222511 gi 499224711|type II CRISPR RNA-guided endonuclease Cas9 [Streptococcus pyogenes]; Sequence 2 (S2): SEQ ID NO: 568|WP_039695303|gi 746743737 I type II CRISPR RNA-guided endonuclease Cas9 [Streptococcus gallolyticus]; Sequence 3 (S3): SEQ ID NO: 569|WP_045635197|gi 782887988|type II CRISPR RNA-guided endonuclease Cas9 [Streptococcus mitis]; Sequence 4 (S4): SEQ ID NO: 57015AXW_A|gi 924443546| Staphylococcus aureus Cas9. The HNH domain (bold and underlined) and the RuvC domain (boxed) are identified for each of the four sequences.
Amino acid residues 10 and 840 in S1 and the homologous amino acids in the aligned sequences are identified with an asterisk following the respective amino acid residue. -
S1 1 --MDKK- YSIGLD*IGTNSVGWAVITDEYKVPSKKFKVLGNTDRHSIKKNLI--GALLEDSG--ET AEATRLKRTARRRYT 73 S2 1 --MTKKN YSIGLD*IGTNSVGWAVITDDYKVPAKKMKVLGNTDKKYIKKNLL--GALLFDSG--ET AEATRLKRTARRRYT 74 S3 1 --M-KKG YSIGLD*IGTNSVGFAVITDDYKVPSKKMKVLGNTDKRFIKKNLI--GALLFDEG--TT AEARRLKRTARRRYT 73 S4 1 GSHMKRN YILGLD*IGITSVGYGII--DYET-----------------RDVIDAGVRLFKEANVEN NEGRRSKRGARRLKR 61 S1 74 RRKNRICYLQEIFSNEMAKVDDSFEHRLEESELVEEDKKHERHPIEGNIVDEVAYHEKYPTIYHLRKKLVDSTDKADLRL 153 S2 75 RRKNRLRYLQEIFANETAKVDESFFQRLDESFLTDDDKTEDSHPIEGNKAEEDAYHQKFPTIYHLRKHLADSSEKADLRL 154 S3 74 RRKNRLRYLQEIFSEEMSKVDSSFEHRLDDSFLIPEDKRESKYPIFATLTEEKEYHKQFPTIYHLRKQLADSKEKTDLRL 153 S4 62 RRRHRIQRVKKLL--------------FDYNLLTD--------------------HSELSGINPYEARVKGLSQKLSEEE 107 S1 154 IYLALAHMIKERGHFLIEGDLNPDNSDVDKLFIQLVQTYNQLFEENPINASGVDAKAILSARLSKSRRLENLIAQLPGEK 233 S2 155 VYLALAHMIKFRGHFLIEGELNAENTDVQKIFADFVGVYNRTFDDSHLSEITVDVASILTEKISKSRRLENLIKYYPTEK 234 S3 154 IYLALAHMIKYRGHFLYEEAFDIKNNDIQKIFNEFISIYDNTFEGSSLSGQNAQVEAIFTDKISKSAKRERVLKLEPDEK 233 S4 108 FSAALLHLAKRRG----------------------VHNVNEVEEDT---------------------------------- 131 S1 234 KNGLFGNLIALSLGLTPNEKSNFDLAEDAKLQLSKDTYDDDLDNLLAQIGDQYADLFLAAKNLSDAILLSDILRVNTEIT 313 S2 235 KNTLFGNLIALALGLQPNEKTNFKLSEDAKLQFSKDTYEEDLEELLGKIGDDYADLFTSAKNLYDAILLSGILTVDDNST 314 S3 234 STGLFSEFLKLIVGNQADFKKHFDLEDKAPLQFSKDTYDEDLENLLGQIGDDFTDLFVSAKKLYDAILLSGILTVTDPST 313 S4 132 -----GNELS------------------TKEQISRN-------------------------------------------- 144 S1 314 KAPLSASMIKRYDEHHQDLTLLKALVRQQLPEKYKEIFFDQSKNGYAGYIDGGASQEEFYKFIKPILEKM--DGTEELLV 391 S2 315 KAPLSASMIKRYVEHHEDLEKLKEFIKANKSELYHDIFKDKNKNGYAGYIENGVKQDEFYKYLKNILSKIKIDGSDYFLD 394 S3 314 KAPLSASMIERYENHQNDLAALKQFIKNNLPEKYDEVFSDQSKDGYAGYIDGKTTQETFYKYIKNLLSKF--EGTDYFLD 391 S4 145 ----SKALEEKYVAELQ-------------------------------------------------LERLKKDG------ 165 S1 392 KLNREDLLRKQRTFDNGSIPHQIHLGELHAILRRQEDFYPFLKDNREKIEKILTFRIPYYVGPLARGNSRFAWMTRKSEE 471 S2 395 KIEREDFLRKQRTFDNGSIPHQIHLQEMHAILRRQGDYYPFLKEKQDRIEKILTFRIPYYVGPLVRKDSRFAWAEYRSDE 474 S3 392 KIEREDFLRKQRTFDNGSIPHQIHLQEMNAILRRQGEYYPFLKDNKEKIEKILTFRIPYYVGPLARGNRDFAWLTRNSDE 471 S4 166 --EVRGSINRFKTSD--------YVKEAKQLLKVQKAYHQLDQSFIDTYIDLLETRRTYYEGP--GEGSPFGW------K 227 S1 472 TITPWNFEEVVDKGASAQSFIERMTNFDKNLPNEKVLPKHSLLYEYFTVYNELTKVKYVTEGMRKPAFLSGEQKKAIVDL 551 S2 475 KITPWNFDKVIDKEKSAEKFITRMTLNDLYLPEEKVLPKHSHVYETYAVYNELTKIKYVNEQGKE-SFFDSNMKQEIFDH 553 S3 472 AIRPWNFEEIVDKASSAEDFINKMTNYDLYLPEEKVLPKHSLLYETFAVYNELTKVKFIAEGLRDYQFLDSGQKKQIVNQ 551 S4 228 DIKEW---------------YEMLMGHCTYFPEELRSVKYAYNADLYNALNDLNNLVITRDENEK---LEYYEKFQIIEN 289 S1 552 LEKTNRKVTVKQLKEDYFKKIECFDSVEISGVEDR---FNASLGTYHDLLKIIKDKDFLDNEENEDILEDIVLTLTLFED 628 S2 554 VFKENRKVTKEKLLNYLNKEFPEYRIKDLIGLDKENKSFNASLGTYHDLKKIL-DKAFLDDKVNEEVIEDIIKTLTLFED 632 S3 552 LEKENRKVTEKDIIHYLHN-VDGYDGIELKGIEKQ--- FNASLSTYHDLLKIIKDKEEMDDAKNEAILENIVHTLTIFED 627 S4 290 VFKQKKKPTLKQIAKEILVNEEDIKGYRVTSTGKPEF---TNLKVYHDIKDITARKEII---ENAELLDQIAKILTIYQS 363 S1 629 REMIEERLKTYAHLFDDKVMKQLKR-RRYTGWGRLSRKLINGIRDKQSGKTILDFLKSDGFANRNFMQLIHDDSLTFKED 707 S2 633 KDMIHERLQKYSDIFTANQLKKLER-RHYTGWGRLSYKLINGIRNKENNKTILDYLIDDGSANRNFMQLINDDTLPFKQI 711 S3 628 REMIKQRLAQYDSLFDEKVIKALTR-RHYTGWGKLSAKLINGICDKQTGNTILDYLIDDGKINRNFMQLINDDGLSFKEI 706 S4 364 SEDIQEELTNLNSELTQEEIEQISNLKGYTGTHNLSLKAINLILDE------LWHTNDNQIAIFNRLKLVP--------- 428 S1 708 781 S2 712 784 S3 707 779 S4 429 505 S1 782 KRIEEGIKELGSQIL-------KEHPVENTQLQNEKLYLYYLQNGRDMYVDQELDINRLSD----YDVDH*IVPQSFLKDD 850 S2 785 KKLQNSLKELGSNILNEEKPSYIEDKVENSHLQNDQLFLYYIQNGKDMYTGDELDIDHLSD----YDIDH*IIPQAFIKDD 860 S3 780 KRIEDSLKILASGL---DSNILKENPTDNNQLQNDRLFLYYLQNGKDMYTGEALDINQLSS----YDIDH*IIPQAFIKDD 852 S4 506 ERIEEIIRTTGK---------------ENAKYLIEKIKLHDMQEGKCLYSLEAIPLEDLLNNPFNYEVDH*IIPRSVSFDN 570 S1 851 922 S2 861 932 S3 853 924 S4 571 650 S1 923 1002 S2 933 1012 S3 925 1004 S4 651 712 S1 1003 1077 S2 1013 1083 S3 1005 1081 S4 713 764 S1 1078 1149 S2 1084 1158 S3 1082 1156 S4 765 835 S1 1150 EKGKSKKLKSVKELLGITIMERSSFEKNPI-DFLEAKG-----YKEVKKDLIIKLPKYSLFELENGRKRMLASAGELQKG 1223 S2 1159 EKGKAKKLKTVKELVGISIMERSFFEENPV-EFLENKG-----YHNIREDKLIKLPKYSLFEFEGGRRRLLASASELQKG 1232 S3 1157 EKGKAKKLKTVKTLVGITIMEKAAFEENPI-TFLENKG-----YHNVRKENILCLPKYSLFELENGRRRLLASAKELQKG 1230 S4 836 DPQTYQKLK--------LIMEQYGDEKNPLYKYYEETGNYLTKYSKKDNGPVIKKIKYYGNKLNAHLDITDDYPNSRNKV 907 S1 1224 NELALPSKYVNFLYLASHYEKLKGSPEDNEQKQLFVEQHKHYLDEITEQISEFSKRVILADANLDKVLSAYNKH------ 1297 S2 1233 NEMVLPGYLVELLYHAHRADNF-----NSTEYLNYVSEHKKEFEKVLSCVEDFANLYVDVEKNLSKIRAVADSM------ 1301 S3 1231 NEIVLPVYLTTLLYHSKNVHKL-----DEPGHLEYIQKHRNEFKDLLNLVSEFSQKYVLADANLEKIKSLYADN------ 1299 S4 908 VKLSLKPYRFD-VYLDNGVYKFV-----TVKNLDVIK--KENYYEVNSKAYEEAKKLKKISNQAEFIASFYNNDLIKING 979 S1 1298 RDKPIREQAENITHLFTLTNLGAPAAFKYFDTTIDRKRYTSTKEVLDATLIHQSIT--------GLYETRI----DLSQL 1365 S2 1302 DNFSIEEISNSFINLLTLTALGAPADFNFLGEKIPRKRYTSTKECLNATLIHQSIT--------GLYETRI----DLSKL 1369 S3 1300 EQADIEILANSFINLLTFTALGAPAAFKFFGKDIDRKRYTTVSEILNATLIHQSIT--------GLYETWI----DLSKL 1367 S4 980 ELYRVIGVNNDLLNRIEVNMIDITYR-EYLENMNDKRPPRIIKTIASKT---QSIKKYSTDILGNLYEVKSKKHPQIIKK 1055 S1 1366 GGD 1368 S2 1370 GEE 1372 S3 1368 GED 1370 S4 1056 G-- 1056 - The alignment demonstrates that amino acid sequences and amino acid residues that are homologous to a reference Cas9 amino acid sequence or amino acid residue can be identified across Cas9 sequence variants, including, but not limited to Cas9 sequences from different species, by identifying the amino acid sequence or residue that aligns with the reference sequence or the reference residue using alignment programs and algorithms known in the art. This disclosure provides Cas9 variants in which one or more of the amino acid residues identified by an asterisk in SEQ ID NOs: 567-570 (e.g., 51, S2, S3, and S4, respectively) are mutated as described herein. The residues D10 and H840 in Cas9 of SEQ ID NO: 6 that correspond to the residues identified in SEQ ID NOs: 567-570 by an asterisk are referred to herein as “homologous” or “corresponding” residues. Such homologous residues can be identified by sequence alignment, e.g., as described above, and by identifying the sequence or residue that aligns with the reference sequence or residue. Similarly, mutations in Cas9 sequences that correspond to mutations identified in SEQ ID NO: 6 herein, e.g., mutations of
residues 10, and 840 in SEQ ID NO: 6, are referred to herein as “homologous” or “corresponding” mutations. For example, the mutations corresponding to the D10A mutation in SEQ ID NO: 6 or 51 (SEQ ID NO: 567) for the four aligned sequences above are D11A for S2, D10A for S3, and D13A for S4; the corresponding mutations for H840A in SEQ ID NO: 6 or 51 (SEQ ID NO: 567) are H850A for S2, H842A for S3, and H560A for S4. - Other familes of cytidine deaminases as alternatives to base editor 3 (BE3) constructs were examined. The different C to T editors were developed to have a narrow or different editing window, alternate sequence specificity to expand targetable substrates, and to have higher activity.
- Using the methods described in Example 4, the pmCDA1 (
cytidine deaminase 1 from Petromyzon marinus) activity at the HeK-3 site is evaluated (FIG. 42 ). The pmCDA1-nCas9-UGI-NLS (nCas9 indicates the Cas9 nickase described herein) construct is active on some sites (e.g., the C bases on the complementary strand atposition - The pmCDA1 activity at the HeK-2 site is given in
FIG. 43 . The pmCDA1-XTEN-nCas9-UGI-NLS construct is active on sites adjacent to “G,” while rAPOBEC1 analog (BE3 construct) has low activity on “C”s that are adjacent to “G”s, e.g., the C base atposition 11 on the complementary strand. - The percent of total sequencing reads with target C converted to T (
FIG. 44 ), C converted to A (FIG. 45 ), and C converted to G (FIG. 46 ) are shown for CDA and APOBEC1 (the BE3 construct). - The huAPOBEC3G activity at the HeK-2 site is shown in
FIG. 47 . Two constructs were used: huAPOBEC3G-XTEN-nCas9-UGI-NLS and huAPOBEC3G*(D316R_D317R)-XTEN-nCas9-UGI-NLS. The huAPOBEC3G-XTEN-nCas9-UGI-NLS construct has different sequence specificity than rAPOBEC1 (BE3), as shown inFIG. 47 , the editing window appears narrow, as indicated by APOBEC3G's descreased activity atposition 4 compared to APOBEC1. Mutations made in huAPOBEC3G (D316R and D317R) increased ssDNA binding and resulted in an observable effect on expanding the sites which were edited (compare APOBEC3G with APOBEC3G RR inFIG. 47 ). Mutations were chosen based on APOBEC3G crystal structure, see: Holden et al., Crystal structure of the anti-viral APOBEC3G catalytic domain and functional implication. Nature. (2008); 121-4, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference. - LacZ selection optimization for the A to I conversion was performed using a bacterial strain with lacZ encoded on the F plasmid. A critical glutamic acid residue was mutated (e.g., GAG to GGG, Glu to Gly mutation) so that G to A by a cytidine deaminase would restore lacZ activity (
FIG. 48 ). Strain CC102 was selected for the selection assay. APOBEC1 and CDA constructs were used in a selection assay to optimize G to A conversion. - To evaluate the the effect of copy number of the plasmids encoding the deaminase constructs on lacZ reversion frequency, the CDA and APOBEC1 deaminases were cloned into 4 plasmids with different replication origins (hence different copy numbers), SC101, CloDF3, RSF1030, and PUC (copy number: PUC>RSF1030>CloDF3>SC101) and placed under an inducible promoter. The plasmids were individually transformed into E. coli cells harboring F plasmid containing the mutated LacZ gene. The expression of the deaminases were induced and LacZ activity was detected for each construct (
FIG. 49 ). As shown inFIG. 49 , CDA exhibited significantly higher activity than APOBEC1 in all instances, regardless of the plasmid copy number the deaminases were cloned in. Further, In terms of the copy number, the deaminase activity was positively correlated with the copy number of the plasmid they are cloned in, i.e., PUC>CloDF3>SC101. - LacZ reversions were confirmed by sequencing of the genomic DNA at the lacZ locus. To obtain the genomic DNA containing the corrected LacZ gene, cells were grown media containg X-gal, where cells having LacZ activity form blue colonies. Blue colonies were selected and grown in minimial media containing lactose. The cells were spun down, washed, and re-plated on minimal media plates (lactose). The blue colony at the highest dilution was then selected, and its genomic DNA was sequenced at the lacZ locus (
FIG. 50 ). - A chloramphenicol reversion assay was designed to test the activity of different cytidine deaminases (e.g., CDA, and APOBEC1). A plasmid harboring a mutant CAT1 gene which confers chloramphenicol resistance to bacteria is constructed with RSF1030 as the replication origin. The mutant CAT1 gene encodings a CAT1 protein that has a H195R (CAC to CGC) mutation, rendering the protein inactive (
FIG. 51 ). Deamination of the C base-paired to the G base in the CGC codon would convert the codon back to a CAC codon, restoring the activity of the protein. As shown inFIG. 52 , CDA outperforms rAPOBEC in E. coli in restoring the acitivyt of the chloramphenicol reisitance gene. The minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of chlor in S1030 with the selection plasmid (pNMG_ch_5) was approximately 1 μg/mL. Both rAPOBEC-XTEN-dCas9-UGI and CDA-XTEN-dCas9-UGI induced DNA correction on the selection plasmid (FIG. 53 ). - Next, the huAPOBEC3G-XTEN-dCas9-UGI protein was tested in the same assay. Interestingly, huAPOBEC3G-XTEN-dCas9-UGI exhibited different sequence specificity than the rAPOBEC1-XTEN-dCas9-UGI fusion protein.
Only position 8 was edited with APOBEC3G-XTEN-dCas9-UGI fusion, as compared to the rAPOBEC11-XTEN-dCas9-UGIfusion (in which positions 3, 6, and 8 were edited) (FIG. 54 ). - Current base editing technologies allow for the sequence-specific conversion of a C:G base pair into a T:A base pair in genomic DNA. This is done via the direct catalytic conversion of cytosine to uracil by a cytidine deaminase enzyme and thus, unlike traditional genome editing technologies, does not introduce double-stranded DNA breaks (DSBs) into the DNA as a first step. See, Komor, A. C., Kim, Y. B., Packer, M. S., Zuris, J. A., and Liu, D. R. (2016), “Programmable editing of a target base in genomic DNA without double-stranded DNA cleavage.” Nature 533, 420-424; the entire contents of which are incorporated by reference herein. Instead, catalytically dead SpCas9 (dCas9) or a SpCas9 nickase (dCas9(A840H)) is tethered to a cytidine deaminase enzyme such as rAPOBEC1, pmCDA1, or hAPOBEC3G. The genomic locus of interest is encoded by an sgRNA, and DNA binding and local denaturation is facilitated by the dCas9 portion of the fusion. However, just as wt dCas9 and wt Cas9 exhibit off-target DNA binding and cleavage, current base editors also exhibit C to T editing at Cas9 off-target loci, which limits their therapeutic usefulness.
- It has been reported that the introduction of just three to four mutations into SpCas9 that neutralize nonspecific electrostatic interactions between the protein and the sugar-phosphate backbone of its target DNA, increases the DNA binding specificity of SpCas9. See, Kleinstiver, B. P., Pattanayak, V., Prew, M.S., Tsai, S. Q., Nguyen, N. T., Zheng, Z., and Joung, J. K. (2016) “High-fidelity CRISPR-Cas9 nucleases with no detectable genome-wide off-target effects.” Nature 529, 490-495; and Slaymaker, I. M., Gao, L., Zetsche, B., Scott, D. A., Yan, W. X., and Zhang, F. (2015) “Rationally engineered Cas9 nucleases with improved specificity. Science 351, 84-88; the entire contents of each are hereby incorporated by reference herein. Four reported neutralizing mutations were therefore incorporated into the initially reported base editor BE3 (SEQ ID NO: 48), and found that off-target C to T editing of this enzyme is also drastically reduced (
FIG. 55 ), with no decrease in on-target editing (FIG. 56 ). - As shown in
FIG. 55 , HEK293T cells were transfected with plasmids expressing BE3 or HF-BE3 and a sgRNA matching the EMX1sequence using Lipofectamine 2000. Three days after transfection, genomic DNA was extracted, amplified by PCR, and analyzed by high-throughput DNA sequencing at the on-target locus, plus the top ten known Cas9 off-target loci for the EMX1 sgRNA, as previously determined by Joung and coworkers using the GUIDE-seq method. See Tsai, S. Q., Zheng, Z., Nguyen, N. T., Liebers, M., Topkar, V.V., Thapar, V., Wyvekens, N., Khayter, C., Iafrate, A. J., Le, L. P., et al. (2015) “GUIDE-seq enables genome-wide profiling of off-target cleavage by CRISPR-Cas nucleases.”Nat Biotech 33, 187-197; the entire contents of which are incorporated by reference herein. EMX1 off-target 5 locus did not amplify and is not shown. Sequences of the on-target and off-target protospacers and protospacer adjacent motifs (PAMs) are displayed (FIG. 55 ). Cellular C to T conversion percentages, defined as the percentage of total DNA sequencing reads with T at each position of an original C within the protospacer, are shown for BE3 and HF-BE3. - In
FIG. 56 , HEK293T cells were transfected with plasmids expressing BE3 or HF-BE3 and sgRNAs matching the genomic loci indicated usingLipofectamine 2000. Three days after transfection, genomic DNA was extracted, amplified by PCR, and analyzed by high-throughput DNA sequencing at the on-target loci. The percentage of total DNA sequencing reads with all four bases at the target Cs within each protospacer are shown for treatment with BE3 or HF-BE3 (FIG. 56 ). Frequencies of indel formation are shown as well. - Primary Protein Sequence of HF-BE3 (SEQ ID NO: 48):
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MSSETGPVAVDPTLRRRIEPHEFEVFFDPRELRKETCLLYEINWGGRHSI WRHTSQNTNKHVEVNFIEKFTTERYFCPNTRCSITWFLSWSPCGECSRAI TEFLSRYPHVTLFIYIARLYHHADPRNRQGLRDLISSGVTIQIMTEQESG YCWRNFVNYSPSNEAHWPRYPHLWVRLYVLELYCIILGLPPCLNILRRKQ PQLTFFTIALQSCHYQRLPPHILWATGLKSGSETPGTSESATPESDKKYS IGLAIGTNSVGWAVITDEYKVPSKKFKVLGNTDRHSIKKNLIGALLFDSG ETAEATRLKRTARRRYTRRKNRICYLQEIFSNEMAKVDDSFFHRLEESFL VEEDKKHERHPIFGNIVDEVAYHEKYPTIYHLRKKLVDSTDKADLRLIYL ALAHMIKFRGHFLIEGDLNPDNSDVDKLFIQLVQTYNQLFEENPINASGV DAKAILSARLSKSRRLENLIAQLPGEKKNGLFGNLIALSLGLTPNFKSNF DLAEDAKLQLSKDTYDDDLDNLLAQIGDQYADLFLAAKNLSDAILLSDIL RVNTEITKAPLSASMIKRYDEHHQDLTLLKALVRQQLPEKYKEIFFDQSK NGYAGYIDGGASQEEFYKFIKPILEKMDGTEELLVKLNREDLLRKQRTFD NGSIPHQIHLGELHAILRRQEDFYPFLKDNREKIEKILTFRIPYYVGPLA RGNSRFAWMTRKSEETITPWNFEEVVDKGASAQSFIERMTAFDKNLPNEK VLPKHSLLYEYFTVYNELTKVKYVTEGMRKPAFLSGEQKKAIVDLLFKTN RKVTVKQLKEDYFKKIECFDSVEISGVEDRFNASLGTYHDLLKIIKDKDF LDNEENEDILEDIVLTLTLFEDREMIEERLKTYAHLFDDKVMKQLKRRRY TGWGALSRKLINGIRDKQSGKTILDFLKSDGFANRNFMALIHDDSLTFKE DIQKAQVSGQGDSLHEHIANLAGSPAIKKGILQTVKVVDELVKVMGRHKP ENIVIEMARENQTTQKGQKNSRERMKRIEEGIKELGSQILKEHPVENTQL QNEKLYLYYLQNGRDMYVDQELDINRLSDYDVDHIVPQSFLKDDSIDNKV LTRSDKNRGKSDNVPSEEVVKKMKNYWRQLLNAKLITQRKFDNLTKAERG GLSELDKAGFIKRQLVETRAITKHVAQILDSRMNTKYDENDKLIREVKVI TLKSKLVSDFRKDFQFYKVREINNYHHAHDAYLNAVVGTALIKKYPKLES EFVYGDYKVYDVRKMIAKSEQEIGKATAKYFFYSNIMNFFKTEITLANGE IRKRPLIETNGETGEIVWDKGRDFATVRKVLSMPQVNIVKKTEVQTGGFS KESILPKRNSDKLIARKKDWDPKKYGGFDSPTVAYSVLVVAKVEKGKSKK LKSVKELLGITIMERSSFEKNPIDFLEAKGYKEVKKDLIIKLPKYSLFEL ENGRKRMLASAGELQKGNELALPSKYVNFLYLASHYEKLKGSPEDNEQKQ LFVEQHKHYLDEIIEQISEFSKRVILADANLDKVLSAYNKHRDKPIREQA ENIIHLFTLTNLGAPAAFKYFDTTIDRKRYTSTKEVLDATLIHQSITGLY ETRIDLSQLGGDSGGSTNLSDIIEKETGKQLVIQESILMLPEEVEEVIGN KPESDILVHTAYDESTDENVMLLTSDAPEYKPWALVIQDSNGENKIKMLS GGSPKKKRKV - Unlike traditional genome editing platforms, base editing technology allows precise single nucleotide changes in the DNA without inducing double-stranded breaks (DSBs). See, Komor, A. C. et al. Nature 533, 420-424 (2016). The current generation of base editor uses the NGG PAM exclusively. This limits its ability to edit desired bases within the genome, as the base editor needs to be placed at a precise location where the target base is placed within a 4-base region (the ‘deamination window’), approximately 15 bases upstream of the PAM. See, Komor, A. C. et al. Nature 533, 420-424 (2016). Moreover, due to the high processivity of cytidine deaminase, the base editor may convert all cytidines within its deamination window into thymidines, which could induce amino acid changes other than the one desired by the researcher. See, Komor, A. C. et al. Nature 533, 420-424 (2016).
- Expanding the Scope of Base Editing Through the Development of Base Editors with Cas9 Variants
- Cas9 homologs and other RNA-guided DNA binders that have different PAM specificities were incorporated into the base editor architecture. See, Kleinstiver, B. P. et al. Nature 523, 481-485 (2015); Kleinstiver, B. P. et al.
Nature Biotechnology 33, 1293-1298 (2015); and Zetsche, B. et al. Cell 163, 759-771 (2015); the entire contents of each are incorporated by reference herein. Furthermore, innovations that have broadened the PAM specificities of various Cas9 proteins were also incorporated to expand the target reach of the base editor even more. See, Kleinstiver, B. P. et al. Nature 523, 481-485 (2015); and Kleinstiver, B. P. et al.Nature Biotechnology 33, 1293-1298 (2015). The current palette of base editors is summarized in Table 4. -
TABLE 4 New base editors made from Cas9 Variants Reference for Species PAM Base Editor Name Cas9 variant S. pyogenes . . . NGG BE3 Wild-type . . . NGA VQR BE3 or Kleinstiver, B. P. et al. EQR BE3 . . . NGCG VRER BE3 Kleinstiver, B. P. et al. S. aureus . . . NNGRRT SaBE3 Wild-type . . . NNNRRT SaKKH BE3 Kleinstiver, B. P. et al. L. bacterium TTTN . . . dCpf1 BE2 Zetsche, B. et al.
Modulating Base Editor's Processivity Through Site-Directed Mutagenesis of rAPOBEC1 - It was reasoned that the processivity of the base editor could be modulated by making point mutations in the deaminase enzyme. The incorporatation of mutations that slightly reduce the catalytic activity of deaminase in which the base editor could still catalyze on average one round of cytidine deamination but was unlikely to access and catalyze another deamination within the relevant timescale were pursued. In effect, the resulting base editor would have a narrower deamination window.
- rAPOBEC1 mutations probed in this work are listed in Table 5. Some of the mutations resulted in slight apparent impairment of rAPOBEC1 catalysis, which manifested as preferential editing of one cytidine over another when multiple cytidines are found within the deamination window. Combining some of these mutations had an additive effect, allowing the base editor to discriminate substrate cytidines with higher stringency. Some of the double mutants and the triple mutant allowed selective editing of one cytidine among multiple cytidines that are right next to one another (
FIG. 57 ). -
TABLE 5 rAPOBEC1 Point Mutations Investigated rAPOBEC1 mutation Corresponding mutation studied in this work in APOBEC3G Reference H121R/H122R D315R/D316R Holden, L. G. et al. R126A R320A Chen, K-M. et al. R126E R320E Chen, K-M. et al. R118A R313A Chen, K-M. et al. W90A W285A Chen, K-M. et al. W90Y W285Y R132E R326E - The next generation of base editors were designed to expand editable cytidines in the genome by using other RNA-guided DNA binders (
FIG. 58 ). Using a NGG PAM only allows for a single target within the “window” whereas the use of multiple different PAMs allows for Cas9 to be positioned anywhere to effect selective deamination. A variety of new base editors have been created from Cas9 variants (FIG. 59 and Table 4). Different PAM sites (NGA,FIG. 60 ; NGCG,FIG. 61 ; NNGRRT,FIG. 62 ; and NNHRRT,FIG. 63 ) were explored. Selective deamination was successfully achieved through kinetic modulation of cytidine deaminase point mutagenesis (FIG. 65 and Table 5). - The effect of various mutations on the deamination window was then investigated in cell culture using spacers with multiple cytidines (
FIGS. 66 and 67 ). - Further, the effect of various mutations on different genomic sites with limited numbers of cytidines was examined (
FIGS. 68 to 71 ). It was found that approximately one cytidine will be edited within the deamination windown in the spacer, while the rest of the cytidines will be left intact. Overall, the preference for editing is as follows: C6>C5>>C7≈C4. - Cpf1, a Cas9 homolog, can be obtained as AsCpf1, LbCpf1, or from any other species. Schematics of fusion constructs, including BE2 and BE3 equivalents, are shown in
FIG. 73 . The BE2 equivalent uses catalytically inactive Cpf2 enzyme (dCpf1) instead of Cas9, while the BE3 equivalent includes the Cpf1 mutant, which nicks the target strand. The bottom schematic depicts different fusion architectures to combine the two innovations illustrated above it (FIG. 73 ). The base editing results of HEK293T cell TTTN PAM sites using Cpf1 BE2 were examined with different spacers (FIGS. 64A to 64C ). In some embodiments, Cpf1 may be used in place of a Cas9 domain in any of the base editors provided herein. In some embodiments, the Cpf1 is a protein that is at least 50%, 55%, 60%, 65%, 70%, 75%, 80%, 85%, 90%, 95%, 98%, 99%, or 99.5% identical toSEQ ID NO 9. -
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MSIYQEFVNKYSLSKTLRFELIPQGKTLENIKARGLILDDEKRAKDYKKA KQIIDKYHQFFIEEILSSVCISEDLLQNYSDVYFKLKKSDDDNLQKDFKS AKDTIKKQISEYIKDSEKFKNLFNQNLIDAKKGQESDLILWLKQSKDNGI ELFKANSDITDIDEALEIIKSFKGWTTYFKGFHENRKNVYSSNDIPTSII YRIVDDNLPKFLENKAKYESLKDKAPEAINYEQIKKDLAEELTFDIDYKT SEVNQRVFSLDEVFEIANFNNYLNQSGITKFNTIIGGKFVNGENTKRKGI NEYINLYSQQINDKTLKKYKMSVLFKQILSDTESKSFVIDKLEDDSDVVT TMQSFYEQIAAFKTVEEKSIKETLSLLFDDLKAQKLDLSKIYFKNDKSLT DLSQQVFDDYSVIGTAVLEYITQQIAPKNLDNPSKKEQELIAKKTEKAKY LSLETIKLALEEFNKHRDIDKQCRFEEILANFAAIPMIFDEIAQNKDNLA QISIKYQNQGKKDLLQASAEDDVKAIKDLLDQTNNLLHKLKIFHISQSED KANILDKDEHFYLVFEECYFELANIVPLYNKIRNYITQKPYSDEKFKLNF ENSTLANGWDKNKEPDNTAILFIKDDKYYLGVMNKKNNKIFDDKAIKENK GEGYKKIVYKLLPGANKMLPKVFFSAKSIKFYNPSEDILRIRNHSTHTKN GSPQKGYEKFEFNIEDCRKFIDFYKQSISKHPEWKDFGFRFSDTQRYNSI DEFYREVENQGYKLTFENISESYIDSVVNQGKLYLFQIYNKDFSAYSKGR PNLHTLYWKALFDERNLQDVVYKLNGEAELFYRKQSIPKKITHPAKEAIA NKNKDNPKKESVFEYDLIKDKRFTEDKFFFHCPITINFKSSGANKFNDEI NLLLKEKANDVHILSIDRGERHLAYYTLVDGKGNIIKQDTFNIIGNDRMK TNYHDKLAAIEKDRDSARKDWKKINNIKEMKEGYLSQVVHEIAKLVIEYN AIVVFEDLNFGFKRGRFKVEKQVYQKLEKMLIEKLNYLVFKDNEFDKTGG VLRAYQLTAPFETFKKMGKQTGIIYYVPAGFTSKICPVTGFVNQLYPKYE SVSKSQEFFSKFDKICYNLDKGYFEFSFDYKNFGDKAAKGKWTIASFGSR LINFRNSDKNHNWDTREVYPTKELEKLLKDYSIEYGHGECIKAAICGESD KKFFAKLTSVLNTILQMRNSKTGTELDYLISPVADVNGNFFDSRQAPKNM PQDADANGAYHIGLKGLMLLGRIKNNQEGKKLNLVIKNEEYFEFVQNRNN - Examining the difference between plasmid delivery of BE3 and HF-BE3, it was found that the two edit on-target loci with comparable efficiency (
FIGS. 74 and 75 ). However, HF-BE3 edited off-target loci much less than BE3, meaning that HF-BE3 has a much higher DNA specificity than BE3 (FIG. 76 ). Deaminase protein lipofection to HEK cells demonstrated that protein delivery of BE3 results in comparable on-target activity, but much better specificity, than plasmid DNA delivery of BE3. Using improved transfection procedures and better plasmids (n=2), the experiment used the following conditions: protein delivery was 125 nM Cas9:sgRNA complex, plasmid delivery was 750 ng BE3/HF-BE3 plasmid+250 ng sgRNA plasmid, and lipofection was with 1.5 μL ofLipofectamine 2000 per well. EMX-1 offtarget site 2 and FANCF off-target site 1 showed the most off-target editing with BE3, compared to all of the off-targets assayed (FIGS. 77 and 78 ), while HEK-3 showed no significant editing at off-targets for any of the delivery methods (FIG. 79 ). HEK-4 shows some C-to-G editing on at the on-target site, while its off-target sites FIG. 80 ). - TYR guide RNAs were tested in an in vitro assay for sgRNA activity (
FIGS. 81 and 82 ). The % HTS reads shows how many C residues were converted to T residues during a 2 h incubation with purified BE3 protein and PCR of the resulting product. Experiments used an 80-mer synthetic DNA substate with the target deamination site in 60 bp of its genomic context. This is not the same as % edited DNA strands because only one strand was nicked, so the product is not amplified by PCR. The proportion of HTS reads edited is equal to x/(2−x), where x is the actual proportion of THS reads edited. For 60% editing, the actual proportion of bases edited is 75%. “Off target” is represents BE3 incubated with the same DNA substrate, while bound to an off-target sgRNA. It was found sgRNAs sgRH_13, sgHR_17, and possibly sgHR_16 appeared to be promising targets for in vivo injection experiments. - The delivery of BE3 protein in was tested in vivo in zebrafish. Zebrafish embryos (n=16-24) were injected with either scramled sgRNA, sgHR_13, sgHR_16, or sgHR_17 and purified BE3. Three embryos from each condition were analyzed independently (single embryo) and for each condition, all of the injected embryos were pooled and sequenced as a pool. The results are shown in
FIGS. 83 to 85 . - Base editors or complexes provided herein (e.g., BE3) may be used to modify nucleic acids. For example, base editors may be used to change a cytosine to a thymine in a nucleic acid (e.g., DNA). Such changes may be made to, inter alia, alter the amino acid sequence of a protein, to destroy or create a start codon, to create a stop codon, to distupt splicing donors, to disrupt splicing acceptors or edit regulatory sequences. Examples of possible nucleotide changes are shown in
FIG. 86 . - Base editors or complexes provided herein (e.g., BE3) may be used to edit an isoform of Apolipoprotein E in a subject. For example, an Apolipoprotein E isoform may be edited to yield an isoform associated with a lower risk of developing Alzheimer's disease. Apolipoprotein E has four isoforms that differ at
amino acids Arginine residue 158 of APOE4, encoded by the nucleic acid sequence CGC, may be changed to a cysteine by using a base editor (e.g., BE3) to change the CGC nucleic acid sequence to TGC, which encodes cysteine atresidue 158. This change yields an APOE3r isoform, which is associated with lower Alzheimer's disease risk. SeeFIG. 87 . - It was tested whether base editor BE3 could be used to edit APOE4 to APOE3r in mouse astrocytes (
FIG. 88 ).APOE 4 mouse astrocytes were nucleofected with Cas9+ template or BE3, targeting the nucleicacid encoding Arginine 158 of APOE4. The Cas9+ template yielded only 0.3% editing with 26% indels, while BE3 yielded 75% editing with 5% indels. Two additional base-edited cytosines are silent and do not yield changes to the amino acid sequence (FIG. 88 ). - Base editors or complexes provided herein may be used to treat prion protein diseases such as Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease and fatal familial insomnia, for example, by introducing mutations into a PRNP gene. Reverting PRNP mutations may not yield therapeutic results, and intels in PRNP may be pathogenic. Accordingly, it was tested whether PRNP could be mutated using base editors (e.g., BE3) to introduce a premature stop codon in the PRNP gene. BE3, associated with its guide RNA, was introduced into HEK cells or glioblastoma cells and was capable of editing the PRNP gene to change the encoded arginine at
residue 37 to a stop codon. BE3 yielded 41% editing (FIG. 89 ). - Additional genes that may be edited include the following: APOE editing of
Arg 112 andArg 158 to treat increased Alzheimer's risk; APP editing of Ala 673 to decrease Alzheimer's risk; PRNP editing ofArg 37 to treat fatal familial insomnia and other prion protein diseases; DMD editing of theexons 23 and 51 splice sites to treat Duchenne muscular dystrophy; FTO editing ofintron 1 to treat obesity risk; PDS editing ofexon 8 to treat Pendred syndrome (genetic deafness); TMC1 editing ofexon 8 to treat congenital hearing loss; CYBB editing of various patient-relevant mutations to treat chronic granulomatous disease. Additional diseases that may be treated using the base editors provided herein are shown in Table 6, below. - UGI also plays a key role. Knocking out UDG (which UGI inhibits) was shown to dramatically improve the cleanliness and efficiency of C to T base editing (
FIG. 90 ). Furthermore, base editors with nickase and without UGI were shown to produce a mixture of outcomes, with very high indel rates (FIG. 91 ). - Base editing is a new approach to genome editing that uses a fusion protein containing a catalytically defective Streptococcus pyogenes Cas9, a cytidine deaminase, and an inhibitor of base excision repair to induce programmable, single-nucleotide C→T (or G→A) changes in DNA without generating double-strand DNA breaks, without requiring a donor DNA template, and without inducing an excess of stochastic insertions and deletions1. The development of five new C→T (or G→A) base editors that use natural and engineered Cas9 variants with different protospacer-adjacent motif (PAM) specificities to expand the number of sites that can be targeted by base editing by 2.5-fold are described herein. Additionally, new base editors containing mutated cytidine deaminase domains that narrow the width of the apparent editing window from approximately 5 nucleotides to 1 or 2 nucleotides were engineered, enabling the discrimination of neighboring C nucleotides that would previously be edited with comparable efficiency. Together, these developments substantially increase the targeting scope of base editing.
- CRISPR-Cas9 nucleases have been widely used to mediate targeted genome editing. In most genome editing applications, Cas9 forms a complex with a single guide RNA (sgRNA) and induces a double-stranded DNA break (DSB) at the target site specified by the sgRNA sequence. Cells primarily respond to this DSB through the non-homologuous end-joining (NHEJ) repair pathway, which results in stochastic insertions or deletions (indels) that can cause frameshift mutations that disrupt the gene. In the presence of a donor DNA template with a high degree of homology to the sequences flanking the DSB, gene correction can be achieved through an alternative pathway known as homology directed repair (HDR).3,4 Unfortunately, under most non-perturbative conditions HDR is inefficient, dependent on cell state and cell type, and dominated by a larger frequency of indels.3,4 As most of the known genetic variations associated with human disease are point mutations5, methods that can more efficiently and cleanly make precise point mutations are needed.
- Base editing, which enables targeted replacement of a C:G base pair with a T:A base pair in a programmable manner without inducing DSBs1, has been recently described. Base editing uses a fusion protein between a catalytically inactivated (dCas9) or nickase form of Streptococcus pyogenes Cas9 (SpCas9), a cytidine deaminase such as APOBEC1, and an inhibitor of base excision repair such as uracil glycosylase inhibitor (UGI) to convert cytidines into uridines within a five-nucleotide window specified by the sgRNA.1 The third-generation base editor, BE3, converts C:G base pairs to T:A base pairs, including disease-relevant point mutations, in a variety of cell lines with higher efficiency and lower indel frequency than what can be achieved using other genome editing methods1. Subsequent studies have validated the deaminase-dCas9 fusion approach in a variety of settings6,7.
- Efficient editing by BE3 requires the presence of an NGG PAM that places the target C within a five-nucleotide window near the PAM-distal end of the protospacer (positions 4-8, counting the PAM as positions 21-23)1. This PAM requirement substantially limits the number of sites in the human genome that can be efficiently targeted by BE3, as many sites of interest lack an NGG 13- to 17-nucleotides downstream of the target C. Moreover, the high activity and processivity of BE3 results in conversion of all Cs within the editing window to Ts, which can potentially introduce undesired changes to the target locus. Herein, new C:G to T:A base editors that address both of these limitations are described.
- It was thought that any Cas9 homolog that binds DNA and forms an “R-loop” complex8 containing a single-stranded DNA bubble could in principle be converted into a base editor. These new base editors would expand the number of targetable loci by allowing non-NGG PAM sites to be edited. The Cas9 homolog from Staphylococcus aureus (SaCas9) is considerably smaller than SpCas9 (1053 vs. 1368 residues), can mediate efficient genome editing in mammalian cells, and requires an NNGRRT PAM9. SpCas9 was replaced with SaCas9 in BE3 to generate SaBE3 and transfected HEK293T cells with plasmids encoding SaBE3 and sgRNAs targeting six human genomic loci (
FIGS. 92A and 92B ). After 3 d, the genomic loci were subjected to high-throughput DNA sequencing (HTS) to quantify base editing efficiency. SaBE3 enabled C to T base editing of target Cs at a variety of genomic sites in human cells, with very high conversion efficiencies (approximately 50-75% of total DNA sequences converted from C to T, without enrichment for transfected cells) arising from targeting Cs at positions 6-11. The efficiency of SaBE3 on NNGRRT-containing target sites in general exceeded that of BE3 on NGG-containing target sites1. Perhaps due to its higher average efficiency, SaBE3 can also result in detectable base editing at target Cs at positions outside of the canonical BE3 activity window (FIG. 92C ). In comparison, BE3 showed significantly reduced editing under the same conditions (0-11%), in accordance with the known SpCas9 PAM preference (FIG. 106A )10. These data show that SaBE3 can facilitate very efficient base editing at sites not accessible to BE3. - The targeting range of base editors was further expanded by applying recently engineered Cas9 variants that expand or alter PAM specificities. Joung and coworkers recently reported three SpCas9 mutants that accept NGA (VQR-Cas9), NGAG (EQR-Cas9), or NGCG(VRER-Cas9) PAM sequences11. In addition, Joung and coworkers engineered a SaCas9 variant containing three mutations (SaKKH-Cas9) that relax its PAM requirement to NNNRRT12. The SpCas9 portion of BE3 was replaced with these four Cas9 variants to produce VQR-BE3, EQR-BE3, VRER-BE3, and SaKKH-BE3, which target NNNRRT, NGA, NGAG, and NGCG PAMs respectively. HEK293T cells were transfected with plasmids encoding these constructs and sgRNAs targeting six genomic loci for each new base editor, and measured C to T base conversions using HTS.
- SaKKH-BE3 edited sites with NNNRRT PAMs with efficiencies up to 62% of treated, non-enriched cells (
FIG. 92D ). As expected, SaBE3 was unable to efficiently edit targets containing PAMs that were NNNHRRT (where H=A, C, or T) (FIG. 92D ). VQR-BE3, EQR-BE3, and VRER-BE3 exhibited more modest, but still substantial base editing efficiencies of up to 50% of treated, non-enriched cells at genomic loci with the expected PAM requirements with an editing window similar to that of BE3 (FIGS. 92E and 92F ). Base editing efficiencies of VQR-BE3, EQR-BE3, and VRER-BE3 in general closely paralleled the reported PAM requirements of the corresponding Cas9 nucleases; for example, EQR-BE3 was unable to efficiently edit targets containing NGAH PAM sequences (FIG. 92F ). In contrast, BE3 was unable to edit sites with NGA or NGCG PAMs efficiently (0-3%), likely due to its PAM restrictions (FIG. 106B ). - Collectively, the properties of SaBE3, SaKKH-BE3, VQR-BE3, EQR-BE3, and VRER-BE3 establish that base editors exhibit a modularity that facilitates their ability to exploit Cas9 homologs and engineered variants.
- Next, base editors with altered activity window widths were developed. All Cs within the activity window of BE3 can be efficiently converted to Ts1. The ability to modulate the width of this window would be useful in cases in which it is important to edit only a subset of Cs present in the BE3 activity window.
- The length of the linker between APOBEC1 and dCas9 was previously observed to modulate the number of bases that are accessible by APOBEC1 in vitro1. In HEK293T cells, however, varying the linker length did not significantly modulate the width of the editing window, suggesting that in the complex cellular milieu, the relative orientation and flexibility of dCas9 and the cytidine deaminase are not strongly determined by linker length (
FIG. 96 ). Next, it was thought that truncating the 5′ end of the sgRNA might narrow the base editing window by reducing the length of single-stranded DNA accessible to the deaminase upon formation of the RNA-DNA heteroduplex. HEK293T cells were co-transfected with plasmids encoding BE3 and sgRNAs of different spacer lengths targeting a locus with multiple Cs in the editing window. No consistent changes in the width of base editing when using truncated sgRNAs with 17- to 19-base spacers were observed (FIGS. 95A to 95C ). Truncating the sgRNA spacer to fewer than 17 bases resulted in large losses in activity (FIG. 95A ). - As an alternative approach, it was thought that mutations to the deaminase domain might narrow the width of the editing window through multiple possible mechanisms. First, some mutations may alter substrate binding, the conformation of bound DNA, or substrate accessibility to the active site in ways that reduce tolerance for non-optimal presentation of a C to the deaminase active site. Second, because the high activity of APOBEC1 likely contributes to the deamination of multiple Cs per DNA binding event,1,13,14 mutations that reduce the catalytic efficiency of the deaminase domain of a base editor might prevent it from catalyzing successive rounds of deamination before dissociating from the DNA. Once any C:G to T:A editing event has taken place, the sgRNA no longer perfectly matches the target DNA sequence and re-binding of the base editor to the target locus should be less favorable. Both strategies were tested in an effort to discover new base editors that distinguish among multiple cytidines within the original editing window.
- Given the absence of an available APOBEC1 structure, several mutations previously reported to modulate the catalytic activity of APOBEC3G, a cytidine deaminase from the same family that shares 42% sequence similarity of its active site-containing domain to that of APOBEC1, were identified15. Corresponding APOBEC1 mutations were incorporated into BE3 and evaluated their effect on base editing efficiency and editing window width in HEK293T cells at two C-rich genomic sites containing Cs at
positions positions - The APOBEC1 mutations R118A and W90A each led to dramatic loss of base editing efficiency (
FIG. 97C ). R132E led to a general decrease in editing efficiency but did not change the substantially narrow the shape of the editing window (FIG. 97C ). In contrast, several mutations that narrowed the width of the editing window while maintaining substantial editing efficiency were found (FIGS. 93A and 97C ). The “editing window width” was defined to represent the artificially calculated window width within which editing efficiency exceeds the half-maximal value for that target. The editing window width of BE3 for the two C-rich genomic sites tested was 5.0 (site A) and 6.1 (site B) nucleotides. - R126 in APOBEC1 is predicted to interact with the phosphate backbone of ssDNA13. Previous studies have shown that introducing the corresponding mutation into APOBEC3G decreased catalysis by at least 5-fold14. Interestingly, when introduced into APOBEC1 in BE3, R126A and R126E increased or maintained activity relative to BE3 at the most strongly edited positions (C5, C6, and C7), while decreasing editing activity at other positions (
FIGS. 93A and 97C ). Each of these two mutations therefore narrowed the width of the editing window at site A and site B to 4.4 and 3.4 nucleotides (R126A), or to 4.2 and 3.1 nucleotides (R126E), respectively (FIGS. 93A and 97C ). - W90 in APOBEC1 (corresponding to W285 in APOBEC3G) is predicted to form a hydrophobic pocket in the APOBEC3G active site and assist in substrate binding13. Mutating this residue to Ala abrogated APOBEC3G's catalytic activity13. In BE3, W90A almost completely abrogated base editing efficiency (
FIG. 97C ). In contrast, it was found that W90Y only modestly decreased base editing activity while narrowing the editing window width at site A and site B to 3.8 and 4.9 nucleotides, respectively (FIG. 93A ). These results demonstrate that mutations to the cytidine deaminase domain can narrow the activity window width of the corresponding base editors. - W90Y, R126E, and R132E, the three mutations that narrowed the editing window without drastically reducing base editing activity, were combined into doubly and triply mutated base editors. The double mutant W90Y+R126E resulted in a base editor (YE1-BE3) with BE3-like maximal editing efficiencies, but substantially narrowed editing window width (width at site A and site B=2.9 and 3.0 nucleotides, respectively (
FIG. 93A ). The W90Y+R132E base editor (YE2-BE3) exhibited modestly lower editing efficiencies (averaging 1.4-fold lower maximal editing yields across the five sites tested compared with BE3), and also substantially narrowed editing window width (width at site A and site B=2.7 and 2.8 nucleotides, respectively) (FIG. 97C ). The R126E+R132E double mutant (EE-BE3) showed similar maximal editing efficiencies and editing window width as YE2-BE3 (FIG. 97C ). The triple mutant W90Y+R126E+R132E (YEE-BE3) exhibited 2.0-fold lower average maximal editing yields but very little editing beyond the C6 position and an editing window width of 2.1 and 1.4 nucleotides for site A and site B, respectively (FIG. 97C ). These data taken together indicate that mutations in the cytidine deaminase domain can strongly affect editing window widths, in some cases with minimal or only modest effects on editing efficiency. - The base editing outcomes of BE3, YE1-BE3, YE2-BE3, EE-BE3, and YEE-BE3 were further compared in HEK293T cells targeting four well-studied human genomic sites that contain multiple Cs within the BE3 activity window1. These target loci contained target Cs at
positions 4 and 5 (HEK site 3), positions 4 and 6 (HEK site 2), positions 5 and 6 (EMX1), orpositions FIG. 93B ). YE2-BE3 and EE-BE3 exhibited somewhat greater positional specificity (narrower activity window) than YE1-BE3, averaging 2.4-fold preference for editing C5 over C4 (HEK site 3), 9.5-fold preference for C6 over C4 (HEK site 2), 2.9-fold preference for C5 over C6 (EMX1), and 2.6-fold preference for C7 over C6 (FANCF) (FIG. 93B ). YEE-BE3 showed the greatest positional selectivity, with a 2.9-fold preference for editing C5 over C4 (HEK site 3), 29.7-fold preference for C6 over C4 (HEK site 2), 7.9-fold preference for C5 over C6 (EMX1), and 7.9-fold preference for C7 over C6 (FANCF) (FIG. 93B ). The findings establish that mutant base editors can discriminate between adjacent Cs, even when both nucleotides are within the BE3 editing window. - The product distributions of these four mutants and BE3 were further analyzed by HTS to evaluate their apparent processivity. BE3 generated predominantly T4-T5 (HEK site 3), T4-T6 (HEK site 2), and T5-T6 (EMX1) products in treated HEK293T cells, resulting in, on average, 7.4-fold more products containing two Ts, than products containing a single T. In contrast, YE1-BE3, YE2-BE3, EE-BE3, and YEE-BE3 showed substantially higher preferences for singly edited C4-T5, C4-T6, and T5-C6 products (
FIG. 93C ). YE1-BE3 yielded products with an average single-T to double-T product ratio of 1.4. YE2-BE3 and EE-BE3 yielded products with an average single-T to double-T product ratio of 4.3 and 5.1, respectively (FIG. 93C ). Consistent with the above results, the YEE-BE3 triple mutant favored single-T products by an average of 14.3-fold across the three genomic loci. (FIG. 93C ). For the target site in which only one C is within the target window (HEK site 4, at position C5), all four mutants exhibited comparable editing efficiencies as BE3 (FIG. 98 ). These findings indicate that these BE3 mutants have decreased apparent processivity and can favor the conversion of only a single C at target sites containing multiple Cs within the BE3 editing window. These data also suggest a positional preference of C5>C6>C7≈C4 for these mutant base editors, although this preference could differ depending on the target sequence. - The window-modulating mutations in APOBEC1 were applied to VQR-BE3, allowing selective base editing of substrates at sites targeted by NGA PAM (
FIG. 107A ). However, when these mutations were applied to SaKKH-BE3, a linear decrease in base editing efficiency was observed without the improvement in substrate selectivity, suggesting a different kinetic equilibrium and substrate accessibility of this base editor than those of BE3 and its variants (FIG. 107B ). - The five base editors with altered PAM specificities described in this study together increase the number of disease-associated mutations in the ClinVar database that can in principle be corrected by base editing by 2.5-fold (
FIGS. 94A and 94B ). Similarly, the development of base editors with narrowed editing windows approximately doubles the fraction of ClinVar entries with a properly positioned NGG PAM that can be corrected by base editing without comparable modification of a non-target C (from 31% for BE3 to 59% for YEE-BE3) (FIGS. 94A and 94B ). - In summary, the targeting scope of base editing was substantially expanded by developing base editors that use Cas9 variants with different PAM specificities, and by developing a collection of deaminase mutants with varying editing window widths. In theory, base editing should be possible using other programmable DNA-binding proteins (such as Cpf116) that create a bubble of single-stranded DNA that can serve as a substrate for a single-strand-specific nucleotide deaminase enzyme.
- Cloning.
- PCR was performed using Q5 Hot Start High-Fidelity DNA Polymerase (New England Biolabs). Plasmids for BE and sgRNA were constructed using USER cloning (New England Biolabs), obtained from previously reported plasmids1. DNA vector amplification was carried out using NEB 10beta competent cells (New England Biolabs).
- Cell Culture.
- HEK293T (ATCC CRL-3216) were cultured in Dulbecco's Modified Eagle's Medium plus GlutaMax (ThermoFisher) supplemented with 10% (v/v) fetal bovine serum (FBS), at 37° C. with 5% CO2. Immortalized rat astrocytes containing the ApoE4 isoform of the APOE gene (Taconic Biosciences) were maintained in Dulbecco's Modified Eagle's Medium plus GlutaMax (ThermoFisher Scientific) supplemented with 10% (v/v) fetal bovine serum (FBS) and 200 μg/mL Geneticin (ThermoFisher Scientific).
- Transfections.
- HEK293T cells were seeded on 48-well collagen-coated BioCoat plates (Corning) and transfected at approximately 85% confluency. 750 ng of BE and 250 ng of sgRNA expression plasmids were transfected using 1.5 μl of Lipofectamine 2000 (ThermoFisher Scientific) per well according to the manufacturer's protocol.
- High-Throughput DNA Sequencing of Genomic DNA Samples.
- Transfected cells were harvested after 3 d and the genomic DNA was isolated using the Agencourt DNAdvance Genomic DNA Isolation Kit (Beckman Coulter) according to the manufacturer's instructions. Genomic regions of interest were amplified by PCR with flanking HTS primer pairs listed in the Supplementary Sequences. PCR amplification was carried out with Phusion hot-start II DNA polymerase (ThermoFisher) according to the manufacturer's instructions. PCR products were purified using RapidTips (Diffinity Genomics). Secondary PCR was performed to attach sequencing adaptors. The products were gel-purified and quantified using the KAPA Library Quantification Kit-Illumina (KAPA Biosystems). Samples were sequenced on an Illumina MiSeq as previously described1.
- Data Analysis.
- Nucleotide frequencies were assessed using a previously described MATLAB script1. Briefly, the reads were aligned to the reference sequence via the Smith-Waterman algorithm. Base calls with Q-scores below 30 were replaced with a placeholder nucleotide (N). This quality threshold results in nucleotide frequencies with an expected theoretical error rate of 1 in 1000.
- Analyses of base editing processivity were performed using a custom python script. This program trims sequencing reads to the 20 nucleotide protospacer sequence as determined by a perfect match for the 7 nucleotide sequences that should flank the target site. These targets were then consolidated and sorted by abundance to assess the frequency of base editing products.
- Bioinformatic analysis of the ClinVar database of human disease-associated mutations was performed in a manner similar to that previously described but with small adjustments1. These adjustments enable the identification of targets with PAMs of customizable length and sequence. In addition, this improved script includes a priority ranking of target C positions (C5>C6>C7>C8≈C4), thus enabling the identification of target sites in which the on-target C is either the only cytosine within the window or is placed at a position with higher predicted editing efficiency than any off-target C within the editing window.
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Class 2 CRISPR-Cas System. Cell 163, 759-771 (2015). - Using improved transfection procedures and better plasmids, biological replicates (n=3) were used to install the four HF mutations into the Cas9 portion of BE3. The mutations do not significantly effect on-targeting editing with plasmid delivery (
FIG. 99 ). At the tested concentration, BE3 protein delivery works; however, the on-target editing is lower than for plasmid delivery (FIG. 100 ). Protein delivery of BE3 with the HF mutations installed reduces on-targeting ediing efficiency but still yields some edited cells (FIG. 101 ). - Both lipofection and installing HF mutations were shown to decrease off-target deamination events. For the four sites shown in
FIG. 102 , the off-target sitest (OT) with the highest GUIDE-Seq reads and deamination events were assayed (Komor et al., Nature, 2016). The specificity ratio was calculated by dividing the off-target editing by the on-target editing at the closest corresponding C. In cases where off-target editing was not detectable, the ratio was set to 100. Thus, a higher specificity ratio indicates a more specific construct. BE3 plasmid delivery showed much higher off-target/on-target editing than protein delivery of BE3, plasmid delivery of HF-BE3, or protein delivery of HF-BE3 (FIGS. 102 and 105 ). - Purified proteins HF-BE3 and BE3 were analyzed in vitro for their capabilities to convert C to T residues at different positions in the spacer with the most permissive motif. Both BE3 and HF-BE3 proteins were found to have the same “window” for base editing (
FIGS. 103 and 104 ). - A list of the disease targets is given in Table 8. The base to be edited in Table 8 is indicated in bold and underlined.
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TABLE 8 Base Editor Disease Targets SEQ GENE DISEASE SPACER ID NO PAM EDITOR DEFECT CELL RB1 RETINOBLASTOMA AAT C TAGTAAATAA 571 AAAA SAKKH- SPLICING J82 ATTGATGT GT BE3 IMPAIRMENT PTEN CANCER GACCAA C GGCTAAG 572 TGA VQR- W111R MC116 TGAAGA BE3 PIK3CA CANCER TC C TTTCTTCACGGT 573 ACTG SAKKH- K111R CRL- TGCCT GT BE3 5853 PIK3CA CANCER CTC C TGCTCAGTGAT 574 AGA VQR- Q546R CRL- TTCAG BE3 2505 TP53 CANCER TGT C ACACATGTAGT 575 TGG YEE- N239D SNU475 TGTAG BE3 HRAS CANCER CCTCC C GGCCGGCGG 576 AGG YEE- Q61R MC/CAR TATCC BE3 -
TABLE 6 Exemplary diseases that may be treated using base editors. The protospacer and PAM sequences (SEQ ID NOS: 577-589) are shown in the sgRNA (PAM) column. The PAM sequence is shown in parentheses and with the base to be edited indicated by underlining. gene Base Disease target symbol changed sgRNA (PAM) Base editor Prion disease PRNP R37* GGCAGCCGATACCCGGGGCA(GGG) BE3 GGGCAGCCGATACCCGGGGC(AGG) Pendred syndrome Slc26a4 c.919-2A > G TTATTGTCCGAAATAAAAGA(AGA) BE3 ATTGTCCGAAATAAAAGAAG(AGG) (VQR TTGTCCGAAATAAAAGAAGA(GGA) SaCas9) GTCCGAAATAAAAGAAGAGGAAAA(AAT) GTCCGAAATAAAAGAAGAGGAAAAA(ATT) Congenital deafness Tmc1 c.545A > G CAGGAAGCACGAGGCCACTG(AGG) BE3 AACAGGAAGCACGAGGCCAC(TGA) YE-BE3 AGGAAGCACGAGGCCACTGA(GGA) YEE-BE3 Acquired deafness SNHL S33F TTGGATTCTGGAATCCATTC(TGG) BE3 Alzheimer's Disease APP A673T TCTGCATCCATCTTCACTTC(AGA) BE3 VQR Niemann-Pick Disease Type C NPC1 I1061T CTTACAGCCAGTAATGTCAC(CGA) BE3 VQR - Several base editing constructs, including BE3, BE4-pmCDA1, BE4-hAID, BE4-3G, BE4-N, BE4-SSB, BE4-(GGS)3, BE4-XTEN, BE4-32aa, BE4-2×UGI, and BE4 were tested for their ability to edit a cytosine (C) residue within different target sequences (i.e., EMX1, FANCF, HEK2, HEK3, HEK4, and RNF2). For example, it was tested whether these constructs were capable of producing a C to T mutation. Schematic representations of the base editing constructs are shown in
FIG. 109 . The target sequences tested are also shown inFIG. 109 with the targeted cytosine numbered and indicated in red. - The following amino acid sequences were used in the base editing constructs of this example:
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(SEQ ID NO: 736) TNLSDIIEKETGKQLVIQESILMLPEEVEEVIGNKPESDILVHTAYDEST DENVMLLTSDAPEYKPWALVIQDSNGENKIKML
rAPOBEC1: -
(SEQ ID NO: 737) SSETGPVAVDPTLRRRIEPHEFEVFFDPRELRKETCLLYEINWGGRHSIW RHTSQNTNKHVEVNFIEKFTTERYFCPNTRCSITWFLSWSPCGECSRAIT EFLSRYPHVTLFIYIARLYHHADPRNRQGLRDLISSGVTIQIMTEQESGY CWRNFVNYSPSNEAHWPRYPHLWVRLYVLELYCIILGLPPCLNILRRKQP QLTFFTIALQSCHYQRLPPHILWATGLK
pmCDA1: -
(SEQ ID NO: 81) MTDAEYVRIHEKLDIYTFKKQFFNNKKSVSHRCYVLFELKRRGERRACFW GYAVNKPQSGTERGIHAEIFSIRKVEEYLRDNPGQFTINWYSSWSPCADC AEKILEWYNQELRGNGHTLKIWACKLYYEKNARNQIGLWNLRDNGVGLNV MVSEHYQCCRKIFIQSSHNQLNENRWLEKTLKRAEKRRSELSIMIQVKIL HTTKSPAV
hAID: -
SEQ ID NO: 49) MDSLLMNRRKFLYQFKNVRWAKGRRETYLCYVVKRRDSATSFSLDFGYLR NKNGCHVELLFLRYISDWDLDPGRCYRVTWFTSWSPCYDCARHVADFLRG NPNLSLRIFTARLYFCEDRKAEPEGLRRLHRAGVQIAIMTFKDYFYCWNT FVENHERTFKAWEGLHENSVRLSRQLRRILLPLYEVDDLRDAFRTLGL
hAPOBEC3G: -
(SEQ ID NO: 60) MELKYHPEMRFFHWFSKWRKLHRDQEYEVTWYISWSPCTKCTRDMATFLA EDPKVTLTIFVARLYYFWDPDYQEALRSLCQKRDGPRATMKIMNYDEFQH CWSKFVYSQRELFEPWNNLPKYYILLHIMLGEILRHSMDPPTFTFNFNNE PWVRGRHETYLCYEVERMHNDTWVLLNQRRGFLCNQAPHKHGFLEGRHAE LCFLDVIPFWKLDLDQDYRVTCFTSWSPCFSCAQEMAKFISKNKHVSLCI FTARIYDDQGRCQEGLRTLAEAGAKISIMTYSEFKHCWDTFVDHQGCPFQ PWDGLDEHSQDLSGRLRAILQNQEN -
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(SEQ ID NO: 590) ASRGVNKVILVGNLGQDPEVRYMPNGGAVANITLATSESWRDKATGEMKE QTEWHRVVLFGKLAEVASEYLRKGSQVYIEGQLRTRKWTDQSGQDRYTTE VVVNVGGTMQMLGGRQGGGAPAGGNIGGGQPQGGWGQPQQPQGGNQFSGG AQSRPQQSAPAAPSNEPPMDFDDDIPF -
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(SEQ ID NO: 604) SGSETPGTSESATPES
32aa: -
(SEQ ID NO: 605) SGGSSGGSSGSETPGTSESATPESSGGSSGGS -
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(SEQ ID NO: 606) SGGS -
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(SEQ ID NO: 610) GGSGGSGGS - The amino acid sequences of the constructs shown in
FIG. 109 are set forth below: - BE3:
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(SEQ ID NO: 174) MSSETGPVAVDPTLRRRIEPHEFEVFFDPRELRKETCLLYEINWGGRHSI WRHTSQNTNKHVEVNFIEKFTTERYFCPNTRCSITWFLSWSPCGECSRAI TEFLSRYPHVTLFIYIARLYHHADPRNRQGLRDLISSGVTIQIMTEQESG YCWRNFVNYSPSNEAHWPRYPHLWVRLYVLELYCIILGLPPCLNILRRKQ PQLTFFTIALQSCHYQRLPPHILWATGLKSGSETPGTSESATPESDKKYS IGLAIGTNSVGWAVITDEYKVPSKKFKVLGNTDRHSIKKNLIGALLFDSG ETAEATRLKRTARRRYTRRKNRICYLQEIFSNEMAKVDDSFFHRLEESFL VEEDKKHERHPIFGNIVDEVAYHEKYPTIYHLRKKLVDSTDKADLRLIYL ALAHMIKFRGHFLIEGDLNPDNSDVDKLFIQLVQTYNQLFEENPINASGV DAKAILSARLSKSRRLENLIAQLPGEKKNGLFGNLIALSLGLTPNFKSNF DLAEDAKLQLSKDTYDDDLDNLLAQIGDQYADLFLAAKNLSDAILLSDIL RVNTEITKAPLSASMIKRYDEHHQDLTLLKALVRQQLPEKYKEIFFDQSK NGYAGYIDGGASQEEFYKFIKPILEKMDGTEELLVKLNREDLLRKQRTFD NGSIPHQIHLGELHAILRRQEDFYPFLKDNREKIEKILTFRIPYYVGPLA RGNSRFAWMTRKSEETITPWNFEEVVDKGASAQSFIERMTNFDKNLPNEK VLPKHSLLYEYFTVYNELTKVKYVTEGMRKPAFLSGEQKKAIVDLLFKTN RKVTVKQLKEDYFKKIECFDSVEISGVEDRFNASLGTYHDLLKIIKDKDF LDNEENEDILEDIVLTLTLFEDREMIEERLKTYAHLFDDKVMKQLKRRRY TGWGRLSRKLINGIRDKQSGKTILDFLKSDGFANRNFMQLIHDDSLTFKE DIQKAQVSGQGDSLHEHIANLAGSPAIKKGILQTVKVVDELVKVMGRHKP ENIVIEMARENQTTQKGQKNSRERMKRIEEGIKELGSQILKEHPVENTQL QNEKLYLYYLQNGRDMYVDQELDINRLSDYDVDHIVPQSFLKDDSIDNKV LTRSDKNRGKSDNVPSEEVVKKMKNYWRQLLNAKLITQRKFDNLTKAERG GLSELDKAGFIKRQLVETRQITKHVAQILDSRMNTKYDENDKLIREVKVI TLKSKLVSDFRKDFQFYKVREINNYHHAHDAYLNAVVGTALIKKYPKLES EFVYGDYKVYDVRKMIAKSEQEIGKATAKYFFYSNIMNFFKTEITLANGE IRKRPLIETNGETGEIVWDKGRDFATVRKVLSMPQVNIVKKTEVQTGGFS KESILPKRNSDKLIARKKDWDPKKYGGFDSPTVAYSVLVVAKVEKGKSKK LKSVKELLGITIMERSSFEKNPIDFLEAKGYKEVKKDLIIKLPKYSLFEL ENGRKRMLASAGELQKGNELALPSKYVNFLYLASHYEKLKGSPEDNEQKQ LFVEQHKHYLDEIIEQISEFSKRVILADANLDKVLSAYNKHRDKPIREQA ENIIHLFTLTNLGAPAAFKYFDTTIDRKRYTSTKEVLDATLIHQSITGLY ETRIDLSQLGGDSGGSTNLSDIIEKETGKQLVIQESILMLPEEVEEVIGN KPESDILVHTAYDESTDENVMLLTSDAPEYKPWALVIQDSNGENKIKMLS GGSPKKKRKV - BE4-pmCDA1:
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(SEQ ID NO: 175) MTDAEYVRIHEKLDIYTFKKQFFNNKKSVSHRCYVLFELKRRGERRACFW GYAVNKPQSGTERGIHAEIFSIRKVEEYLRDNPGQFTINWYSSWSPCADC AEKILEWYNQELRGNGHTLKIWACKLYYEKNARNQIGLWNLRDNGVGLNV MVSEHYQCCRKIFIQSSHNQLNENRWLEKTLKRAEKRRSELSIMIQVKIL HTTKSPAVSGSETPGTSESATPESDKKYSIGLAIGTNSVGWAVITDEYKV PSKKFKVLGNTDRHSIKKNLIGALLFDSGETAEATRLKRTARRRYTRRKN RICYLQEIFSNEMAKVDDSFFHRLEESFLVEEDKKHERHPIFGNIVDEVA YHEKYPTIYHLRKKLVDSTDKADLRLIYLALAHMIKFRGHFLIEGDLNPD NSDVDKLFIQLVQTYNQLFEENPINASGVDAKAILSARLSKSRRLENLIA QLPGEKKNGLFGNLIALSLGLTPNFKSNFDLAEDAKLQLSKDTYDDDLDN LLAQIGDQYADLFLAAKNLSDAILLSDILRVNTEITKAPLSASMIKRYDE HHQDLTLLKALVRQQLPEKYKEIFFDQSKNGYAGYIDGGASQEEFYKFIK PILEKMDGTEELLVKLNREDLLRKQRTFDNGSIPHQIHLGELHAILRRQE DFYPFLKDNREKIEKILTFRIPYYVGPLARGNSRFAWMTRKSEETITPWN FEEVVDKGASAQSFIERMTNFDKNLPNEKVLPKHSLLYEYFTVYNELTKV KYVTEGMRKPAFLSGEQKKAIVDLLFKTNRKVTVKQLKEDYFKKIECFDS VEISGVEDRFNASLGTYHDLLKIIKDKDFLDNEENEDILEDIVLTLTLFE DREMIEERLKTYAHLFDDKVMKQLKRRRYTGWGRLSRKLINGIRDKQSGK TILDFLKSDGFANRNFMQLIHDDSLTFKEDIQKAQVSGQGDSLHEHIANL AGSPAIKKGILQTVKVVDELVKVMGRHKPENIVIEMARENQTTQKGQKNS RERMKRIEEGIKELGSQILKEHPVENTQLQNEKLYLYYLQNGRDMYVDQE LDINRLSDYDVDHIVPQSFLKDDSIDNKVLTRSDKNRGKSDNVPSEEVVK KMKNYWRQLLNAKLITQRKFDNLTKAERGGLSELDKAGFIKRQLVETRQI TKHVAQILDSRMNTKYDENDKLIREVKVITLKSKLVSDFRKDFQFYKVRE INNYHHAHDAYLNAVVGTALIKKYPKLESEFVYGDYKVYDVRKMIAKSEQ EIGKATAKYFFYSNIMNFFKTEITLANGEIRKRPLIETNGETGEIVWDKG RDFATVRKVLSMPQVNIVKKTEVQTGGFSKESILPKRNSDKLIARKKDWD PKKYGGFDSPTVAYSVLVVAKVEKGKSKKLKSVKELLGITIMERSSFEKN PIDFLEAKGYKEVKKDLIIKLPKYSLFELENGRKRMLASAGELQKGNELA LPSKYVNFLYLASHYEKLKGSPEDNEQKQLFVEQHKHYLDEIIEQISEFS KRVILADANLDKVLSAYNKHRDKPIREQAENIIHLFTLTNLGAPAAFKYF DTTIDRKRYTSTKEVLDATLIHQSITGLYETRIDLSQLGGDSGGSTNLSD IIEKETGKQLVIQESILMLPEEVEEVIGNKPESDILVHTAYDESTDENVM LLTSDAPEYKPWALVIQDSNGENKIKMLSGGSPKKKRKV - BE4-hAID:
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(SEQ ID NO: 176) MDSLLMNRRKFLYQFKNVRWAKGRRETYLCYVVKRRDSATSFSLDFGYLR NKNGCHVELLFLRYISDWDLDPGRCYRVTWFTSWSPCYDCARHVADFLRG NPNLSLRIFTARLYFCEDRKAEPEGLRRLHRAGVQIAIMTFKDYFYCWNT FVENHERTFKAWEGLHENSVRLSRQLRRILLPLYEVDDLRDAFRTLGLSG SETPGTSESATPESDKKYSIGLAIGTNSVGWAVITDEYKVPSKKFKVLGN TDRHSIKKNLIGALLFDSGETAEATRLKRTARRRYTRRKNRICYLQEIFS NEMAKVDDSFFHRLEESFLVEEDKKHERHPIFGNIVDEVAYHEKYPTIYH LRKKLVDSTDKADLRLIYLALAHMIKFRGHFLIEGDLNPDNSDVDKLFIQ LVQTYNQLFEENPINASGVDAKAILSARLSKSRRLENLIAQLPGEKKNGL FGNLIALSLGLTPNFKSNFDLAEDAKLQLSKDTYDDDLDNLLAQIGDQYA DLFLAAKNLSDAILLSDILRVNTEITKAPLSASMIKRYDEHHQDLTLLKA LVRQQLPEKYKEIFFDQSKNGYAGYIDGGASQEEFYKFIKPILEKMDGTE ELLVKLNREDLLRKQRTFDNGSIPHQIHLGELHAILRRQEDFYPFLKDNR EKIEKILTFRIPYYVGPLARGNSRFAWMTRKSEETITPWNFEEVVDKGAS AQSFIERMTNFDKNLPNEKVLPKHSLLYEYFTVYNELTKVKYVTEGMRKP AFLSGEQKKAIVDLLFKTNRKVTVKQLKEDYFKKIECFDSVEISGVEDRF NASLGTYHDLLKIIKDKDFLDNEENEDILEDIVLTLTLFEDREMIEERLK TYAHLFDDKVMKQLKRRRYTGWGRLSRKLINGIRDKQSGKTILDFLKSDG FANRNFMQLIHDDSLTFKEDIQKAQVSGQGDSLHEHIANLAGSPAIKKGI LQTVKVVDELVKVMGRHKPENIVIEMARENQTTQKGQKNSRERMKRIEEG IKELGSQILKEHPVENTQLQNEKLYLYYLQNGRDMYVDQELDINRLSDYD VDHIVPQSFLKDDSIDNKVLTRSDKNRGKSDNVPSEEVVKKMKNYWRQLL NAKLITQRKFDNLTKAERGGLSELDKAGFIKRQLVETRQITKHVAQILDS RMNTKYDENDKLIREVKVITLKSKLVSDFRKDFQFYKVREINNYHHAHDA YLNAVVGTALIKKYPKLESEFVYGDYKVYDVRKMIAKSEQEIGKATAKYF FYSNIMNFFKTEITLANGEIRKRPLIETNGETGEIVWDKGRDFATVRKVL SMPQVNIVKKTEVQTGGFSKESILPKRNSDKLIARKKDWDPKKYGGFDSP TVAYSVLVVAKVEKGKSKKLKSVKELLGITIMERSSFEKNPIDFLEAKGY KEVKKDLIIKLPKYSLFELENGRKRMLASAGELQKGNELALPSKYVNFLY LASHYEKLKGSPEDNEQKQLFVEQHKHYLDEIIEQISEFSKRVILADANL DKVLSAYNKHRDKPIREQAENIIHLFTLTNLGAPAAFKYFDTTIDRKRYT STKEVLDATLIHQSITGLYETRIDLSQLGGDSGGSTNLSDIIEKETGKQL VIQESILMLPEEVEEVIGNKPESDILVHTAYDESTDENVMLLTSDAPEYK PWALVIQDSNGENKIKMLSGGSPKKKRKV - BE4-3G:
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(SEQ ID NO: 177) MELKYHPEMRFFHWFSKWRKLHRDQEYEVTWYISWSPCTKCTRDMATFLA EDPKVTLTIFVARLYYFWDPDYQEALRSLCQKRDGPRATMKIMNYDEFQH CWSKFVYSQRELFEPWNNLPKYYILLHIMLGEILRHSMDPPTFTFNFNNE PWVRGRHETYLCYEVERMHNDTWVLLNQRRGFLCNQAPHKHGFLEGRHAE LCFLDVIPFWKLDLDQDYRVTCFTSWSPCFSCAQEMAKFISKNKHVSLCI FTARIYDDQGRCQEGLRTLAEAGAKISIMTYSEFKHCWDTFVDHQGCPFQ PWDGLDEHSQDLSGRLRAILQNQENSGSETPGTSESATPESDKKYSIGLA IGTNSVGWAVITDEYKVPSKKFKVLGNTDRHSIKKNLIGALLFDSGETAE ATRLKRTARRRYTRRKNRICYLQEIFSNEMAKVDDSFFHRLEESFLVEED KKHERHPIFGNIVDEVAYHEKYPTIYHLRKKLVDSTDKADLRLIYLALAH MIKFRGHFLIEGDLNPDNSDVDKLFIQLVQTYNQLFEENPINASGVDAKA ILSARLSKSRRLENLIAQLPGEKKNGLFGNLIALSLGLTPNFKSNFDLAE DAKLQLSKDTYDDDLDNLLAQIGDQYADLFLAAKNLSDAILLSDILRVNT EITKAPLSASMIKRYDEHHQDLTLLKALVRQQLPEKYKEIFFDQSKNGYA GYIDGGASQEEFYKFIKPILEKMDGTEELLVKLNREDLLRKQRTFDNGSI PHQIHLGELHAILRRQEDFYPFLKDNREKIEKILTFRIPYYVGPLARGNS RFAWMTRKSEETITPWNFEEVVDKGASAQSFIERMTNFDKNLPNEKVLPK HSLLYEYFTVYNELTKVKYVTEGMRKPAFLSGEQKKAIVDLLFKTNRKVT VKQLKEDYFKKIECFDSVEISGVEDRFNASLGTYHDLLKIIKDKDFLDNE ENEDILEDIVLTLTLFEDREMIEERLKTYAHLFDDKVMKQLKRRRYTGWG RLSRKLINGIRDKQSGKTILDFLKSDGFANRNFMQLIHDDSLTFKEDIQK AQVSGQGDSLHEHIANLAGSPAIKKGILQTVKVVDELVKVMGRHKPENIV IEMARENQTTQKGQKNSRERMKRIEEGIKELGSQILKEHPVENTQLQNEK LYLYYLQNGRDMYVDQELDINRLSDYDVDHIVPQSFLKDDSIDNKVLTRS DKNRGKSDNVPSEEVVKKMKNYWRQLLNAKLITQRKFDNLTKAERGGLSE LDKAGFIKRQLVETRQITKHVAQILDSRMNTKYDENDKLIREVKVITLKS KLVSDFRKDFQFYKVREINNYHHAHDAYLNAVVGTALIKKYPKLESEFVY GDYKVYDVRKMIAKSEQEIGKATAKYFFYSNIMNFFKTEITLANGEIRKR PLIETNGETGEIVWDKGRDFATVRKVLSMPQVNIVKKTEVQTGGFSKESI LPKRNSDKLIARKKDWDPKKYGGFDSPTVAYSVLVVAKVEKGKSKKLKSV KELLGITIMERSSFEKNPIDFLEAKGYKEVKKDLIIKLPKYSLFELENGR KRMLASAGELQKGNELALPSKYVNFLYLASHYEKLKGSPEDNEQKQLFVE QHKHYLDEIIEQISEFSKRVILADANLDKVLSAYNKHRDKPIREQAENII HLFTLTNLGAPAAFKYFDTTIDRKRYTSTKEVLDATLIHQSITGLYETRI DLSQLGGDSGGSTNLSDIIEKETGKQLVIQESILMLPEEVEEVIGNKPES DILVHTAYDESTDENVMLLTSDAPEYKPWALVIQDSNGENKIKMLSGGSP KKKRKV - BE4-N:
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(SEQ ID NO: 178) MTNLSDIIEKETGKQLVIQESILMLPEEVEEVIGNKPESDILVHTAYDES TDENVMLLTSDAPEYKPWALVIQDSNGENKIKMLGGSSSETGPVAVDPTL RRRIEPHEFEVFFDPRELRKETCLLYEINWGGRHSIWRHTSQNTNKHVEV NFIEKFTTERYFCPNTRCSITWFLSWSPCGECSRAITEFLSRYPHVTLFI YIARLYHHADPRNRQGLRDLISSGVTIQIMTEQESGYCWRNFVNYSPSNE AHWPRYPHLWVRLYVLELYCIILGLPPCLNILRRKQPQLTFFTIALQSCH YQRLPPHILWATGLKSGSETPGTSESATPESDKKYSIGLAIGTNSVGWAV ITDEYKVPSKKFKVLGNTDRHSIKKNLIGALLFDSGETAEATRLKRTARR RYTRRKNRICYLQEIFSNEMAKVDDSFFHRLEESFLVEEDKKHERHPIFG NIVDEVAYHEKYPTIYHLRKKLVDSTDKADLRLIYLALAHMIKFRGHFLI EGDLNPDNSDVDKLFIQLVQTYNQLFEENPINASGVDAKAILSARLSKSR RLENLIAQLPGEKKNGLFGNLIALSLGLTPNFKSNFDLAEDAKLQLSKDT YDDDLDNLLAQIGDQYADLFLAAKNLSDAILLSDILRVNTEITKAPLSAS MIKRYDEHHQDLTLLKALVRQQLPEKYKEIFFDQSKNGYAGYIDGGASQE EFYKFIKPILEKMDGTEELLVKLNREDLLRKQRTFDNGSIPHQIHLGELH AILRRQEDFYPFLKDNREKIEKILTFRIPYYVGPLARGNSRFAWMTRKSE ETITPWNFEEVVDKGASAQSFIERMTNFDKNLPNEKVLPKHSLLYEYFTV YNELTKVKYVTEGMRKPAFLSGEQKKAIVDLLFKTNRKVTVKQLKEDYFK KIECFDSVEISGVEDRFNASLGTYHDLLKIIKDKDFLDNEENEDILEDIV LTLTLFEDREMIEERLKTYAHLFDDKVMKQLKRRRYTGWGRLSRKLINGI RDKQSGKTILDFLKSDGFANRNFMQLIHDDSLTFKEDIQKAQVSGQGDSL HEHIANLAGSPAIKKGILQTVKVVDELVKVMGRHKPENIVIEMARENQTT QKGQKNSRERMKRIEEGIKELGSQILKEHPVENTQLQNEKLYLYYLQNGR DMYVDQELDINRLSDYDVDHIVPQSFLKDDSIDNKVLTRSDKNRGKSDNV PSEEVVKKMKNYWRQLLNAKLITQRKFDNLTKAERGGLSELDKAGFIKRQ LVETRQITKHVAQILDSRMNTKYDENDKLIREVKVITLKSKLVSDFRKDF QFYKVREINNYHHAHDAYLNAVVGTALIKKYPKLESEFVYGDYKVYDVRK MIAKSEQEIGKATAKYFFYSNIMNFFKTEITLANGEIRKRPLIETNGETG EIVWDKGRDFATVRKVLSMPQVNIVKKTEVQTGGFSKESILPKRNSDKLI ARKKDWDPKKYGGFDSPTVAYSVLVVAKVEKGKSKKLKSVKELLGITIME RSSFEKNPIDFLEAKGYKEVKKDLIIKLPKYSLFELENGRKRMLASAGEL QKGNELALPSKYVNFLYLASHYEKLKGSPEDNEQKQLFVEQHKHYLDEII EQISEFSKRVILADANLDKVLSAYNKHRDKPIREQAENIIHLFTLTNLGA PAAFKYFDTTIDRKRYTSTKEVLDATLIHQSITGLYETRIDLSQLGGDSG GSPKKKRKV - BE4-SSB:
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(SEQ ID NO: 179) MSSETGPVAVDPTLRRRIEPHEFEVFFDPRELRKETCLLYEINWGGRHSI WRHTSQNTNKHVEVNFIEKFTTERYFCPNTRCSITWFLSWSPCGECSRAI TEFLSRYPHVTLFIYIARLYHHADPRNRQGLRDLISSGVTIQIMTEQESG YCWRNFVNYSPSNEAHWPRYPHLWVRLYVLELYCIILGLPPCLNILRRKQ PQLTFFTIALQSCHYQRLPPHILWATGLKSGSETPGTSESATPESDKKYS IGLAIGTNSVGWAVITDEYKVPSKKFKVLGNTDRHSIKKNLIGALLFDSG ETAEATRLKRTARRRYTRRKNRICYLQEIFSNEMAKVDDSFFHRLEESFL VEEDKKHERHPIFGNIVDEVAYHEKYPTIYHLRKKLVDSTDKADLRLIYL ALAHMIKFRGHFLIEGDLNPDNSDVDKLFIQLVQTYNQLFEENPINASGV DAKAILSARLSKSRRLENLIAQLPGEKKNGLFGNLIALSLGLTPNFKSNF DLAEDAKLQLSKDTYDDDLDNLLAQIGDQYADLFLAAKNLSDAILLSDIL RVNTEITKAPLSASMIKRYDEHHQDLTLLKALVRQQLPEKYKEIFFDQSK NGYAGYIDGGASQEEFYKFIKPILEKMDGTEELLVKLNREDLLRKQRTFD NGSIPHQIHLGELHAILRRQEDFYPFLKDNREKIEKILTFRIPYYVGPLA RGNSRFAWMTRKSEETITPWNFEEVVDKGASAQSFIERMTNFDKNLPNEK VLPKHSLLYEYFTVYNELTKVKYVTEGMRKPAFLSGEQKKAIVDLLFKTN RKVTVKQLKEDYFKKIECFDSVEISGVEDRFNASLGTYHDLLKIIKDKDF LDNEENEDILEDIVLTLTLFEDREMIEERLKTYAHLFDDKVMKQLKRRRY TGWGRLSRKLINGIRDKQSGKTILDFLKSDGFANRNFMQLIHDDSLTFKE DIQKAQVSGQGDSLHEHIANLAGSPAIKKGILQTVKVVDELVKVMGRHKP ENIVIEMARENQTTQKGQKNSRERMKRIEEGIKELGSQILKEHPVENTQL QNEKLYLYYLQNGRDMYVDQELDINRLSDYDVDHIVPQSFLKDDSIDNKV LTRSDKNRGKSDNVPSEEVVKKMKNYWRQLLNAKLITQRKFDNLTKAERG GLSELDKAGFIKRQLVETRQITKHVAQILDSRMNTKYDENDKLIREVKVI TLKSKLVSDFRKDFQFYKVREINNYHHAHDAYLNAVVGTALIKKYPKLES EFVYGDYKVYDVRKMIAKSEQEIGKATAKYFFYSNIMNFFKTEITLANGE IRKRPLIETNGETGEIVWDKGRDFATVRKVLSMPQVNIVKKTEVQTGGFS KESILPKRNSDKLIARKKDWDPKKYGGFDSPTVAYSVLVVAKVEKGKSKK LKSVKELLGITIMERSSFEKNPIDFLEAKGYKEVKKDLIIKLPKYSLFEL ENGRKRMLASAGELQKGNELALPSKYVNFLYLASHYEKLKGSPEDNEQKQ LFVEQHKHYLDEIIEQISEFSKRVILADANLDKVLSAYNKHRDKPIREQA ENIIHLFTLTNLGAPAAFKYFDTTIDRKRYTSTKEVLDATLIHQSITGLY ETRIDLSQLGGDSGGSGGSGGSASRGVNKVILVGNLGQDPEVRYMPNGGA VANITLATSESWRDKATGEMKEQTEWHRVVLFGKLAEVASEYLRKGSQVY IEGQLRTRKWTDQSGQDRYTTEVVVNVGGTMQMLGGRQGGGAPAGGNIGG GQPQGGWGQPQQPQGGNQFSGGAQSRPQQSAPAAPSNEPPMDFDDDIPFS GGSPKKKRKV - BE4-(GGS)3:
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(SEQ ID NO: 180) MSSETGPVAVDPTLRRRIEPHEFEVFFDPRELRKETCLLYEINWGGRHSI WRHTSQNTNKHVEVNFIEKFTTERYFCPNTRCSITWFLSWSPCGECSRAI TEFLSRYPHVTLFIYIARLYHHADPRNRQGLRDLISSGVTIQIMTEQESG YCWRNFVNYSPSNEAHWPRYPHLWVRLYVLELYCIILGLPPCLNILRRKQ PQLTFFTIALQSCHYQRLPPHILWATGLKSGSETPGTSESATPESDKKYS IGLAIGTNSVGWAVITDEYKVPSKKFKVLGNTDRHSIKKNLIGALLFDSG ETAEATRLKRTARRRYTRRKNRICYLQEIFSNEMAKVDDSFFHRLEESFL VEEDKKHERHPIFGNIVDEVAYHEKYPTIYHLRKKLVDSTDKADLRLIYL ALAHMIKFRGHFLIEGDLNPDNSDVDKLFIQLVQTYNQLFEENPINASGV DAKAILSARLSKSRRLENLIAQLPGEKKNGLFGNLIALSLGLTPNFKSNF DLAEDAKLQLSKDTYDDDLDNLLAQIGDQYADLFLAAKNLSDAILLSDIL RVNTEITKAPLSASMIKRYDEHHQDLTLLKALVRQQLPEKYKEIFFDQSK NGYAGYIDGGASQEEFYKFIKPILEKMDGTEELLVKLNREDLLRKQRTFD NGSIPHQIHLGELHAILRRQEDFYPFLKDNREKIEKILTFRIPYYVGPLA RGNSRFAWMTRKSEETITPWNFEEVVDKGASAQSFIERMTNFDKNLPNEK VLPKHSLLYEYFTVYNELTKVKYVTEGMRKPAFLSGEQKKAIVDLLFKTN RKVTVKQLKEDYFKKIECFDSVEISGVEDRFNASLGTYHDLLKIIKDKDF LDNEENEDILEDIVLTLTLFEDREMIEERLKTYAHLFDDKVMKQLKRRRY TGWGRLSRKLINGIRDKQSGKTILDFLKSDGFANRNFMQLIHDDSLTFKE DIQKAQVSGQGDSLHEHIANLAGSPAIKKGILQTVKVVDELVKVMGRHKP ENIVIEMARENQTTQKGQKNSRERMKRIEEGIKELGSQILKEHPVENTQL QNEKLYLYYLQNGRDMYVDQELDINRLSDYDVDHIVPQSFLKDDSIDNKV LTRSDKNRGKSDNVPSEEVVKKMKNYWRQLLNAKLITQRKFDNLTKAERG GLSELDKAGFIKRQLVETRQITKHVAQILDSRMNTKYDENDKLIREVKVI TLKSKLVSDFRKDFQFYKVREINNYHHAHDAYLNAVVGTALIKKYPKLES EFVYGDYKVYDVRKMIAKSEQEIGKATAKYFFYSNIMNFFKTEITLANGE IRKRPLIETNGETGEIVWDKGRDFATVRKVLSMPQVNIVKKTEVQTGGFS KESILPKRNSDKLIARKKDWDPKKYGGFDSPTVAYSVLVVAKVEKGKSKK LKSVKELLGITIMERSSFEKNPIDFLEAKGYKEVKKDLIIKLPKYSLFEL ENGRKRMLASAGELQKGNELALPSKYVNFLYLASHYEKLKGSPEDNEQKQ LFVEQHKHYLDEIIEQISEFSKRVILADANLDKVLSAYNKHRDKPIREQA ENIIHLFTLTNLGAPAAFKYFDTTIDRKRYTSTKEVLDATLIHQSITGLY ETRIDLSQLGGDSGGSGGSGGSTNLSDIIEKETGKQLVIQESILMLPEEV EEVIGNKPESDILVHTAYDESTDENVMLLTSDAPEYKPWALVIQDSNGEN KIKMLSGGSPKKKRKV - BE4-XTEN:
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(SEQ ID NO: 181) MSSETGPVAVDPTLRRRIEPHEFEVFFDPRELRKETCLLYEINWGGRHSI WRHTSQNTNKHVEVNFIEKFTTERYFCPNTRCSITWFLSWSPCGECSRAI TEFLSRYPHVTLFIYIARLYHHADPRNRQGLRDLISSGVTIQIMTEQESG YCWRNFVNYSPSNEAHWPRYPHLWVRLYVLELYCIILGLPPCLNILRRKQ PQLTFFTIALQSCHYQRLPPHILWATGLKSGSETPGTSESATPESDKKYS IGLAIGTNSVGWAVITDEYKVPSKKFKVLGNTDRHSIKKNLIGALLFDSG ETAEATRLKRTARRRYTRRKNRICYLQEIFSNEMAKVDDSFFHRLEESFL VEEDKKHERHPIFGNIVDEVAYHEKYPTIYHLRKKLVDSTDKADLRLIYL ALAHMIKFRGHFLIEGDLNPDNSDVDKLFIQLVQTYNQLFEENPINASGV DAKAILSARLSKSRRLENLIAQLPGEKKNGLFGNLIALSLGLTPNFKSNF DLAEDAKLQLSKDTYDDDLDNLLAQIGDQYADLFLAAKNLSDAILLSDIL RVNTEITKAPLSASMIKRYDEHHQDLTLLKALVRQQLPEKYKEIFFDQSK NGYAGYIDGGASQEEFYKFIKPILEKMDGTEELLVKLNREDLLRKQRTFD NGSIPHQIHLGELHAILRRQEDFYPFLKDNREKIEKILTFRIPYYVGPLA RGNSRFAWMTRKSEETITPWNFEEVVDKGASAQSFIERMTNFDKNLPNEK VLPKHSLLYEYFTVYNELTKVKYVTEGMRKPAFLSGEQKKAIVDLLFKTN RKVTVKQLKEDYFKKIECFDSVEISGVEDRFNASLGTYHDLLKIIKDKDF LDNEENEDILEDIVLTLTLFEDREMIEERLKTYAHLFDDKVMKQLKRRRY TGWGRLSRKLINGIRDKQSGKTILDFLKSDGFANRNFMQLIHDDSLTFKE DIQKAQVSGQGDSLHEHIANLAGSPAIKKGILQTVKVVDELVKVMGRHKP ENIVIEMARENQTTQKGQKNSRERMKRIEEGIKELGSQILKEHPVENTQL QNEKLYLYYLQNGRDMYVDQELDINRLSDYDVDHIVPQSFLKDDSIDNKV LTRSDKNRGKSDNVPSEEVVKKMKNYWRQLLNAKLITQRKFDNLTKAERG GLSELDKAGFIKRQLVETRQITKHVAQILDSRMNTKYDENDKLIREVKVI TLKSKLVSDFRKDFQFYKVREINNYHHAHDAYLNAVVGTALIKKYPKLES EFVYGDYKVYDVRKMIAKSEQEIGKATAKYFFYSNIMNFFKTEITLANGE IRKRPLIETNGETGEIVWDKGRDFATVRKVLSMPQVNIVKKTEVQTGGFS KESILPKRNSDKLIARKKDWDPKKYGGFDSPTVAYSVLVVAKVEKGKSKK LKSVKELLGITIMERSSFEKNPIDFLEAKGYKEVKKDLIIKLPKYSLFEL ENGRKRMLASAGELQKGNELALPSKYVNFLYLASHYEKLKGSPEDNEQKQ LFVEQHKHYLDEIIEQISEFSKRVILADANLDKVLSAYNKHRDKPIREQA ENIIHLFTLTNLGAPAAFKYFDTTIDRKRYTSTKEVLDATLIHQSITGLY ETRIDLSQLGGDSGSETPGTSESATPESTNLSDIIEKETGKQLVIQESIL MLPEEVEEVIGNKPESDILVHTAYDESTDENVMLLTSDAPEYKPWALVIQ DSNGENKIKMLSGGSPKKKRKV - BE4-32aa:
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(SEQ ID NO: 182) MSSETGPVAVDPTLRRRIEPHEFEVFFDPRELRKETCLLYEINWGGRHSI WRHTSQNTNKHVEVNFIEKFTTERYFCPNTRCSITWFLSWSPCGECSRAI TEFLSRYPHVTLFIYIARLYHHADPRNRQGLRDLISSGVTIQIMTEQESG YCWRNFVNYSPSNEAHWPRYPHLWVRLYVLELYCIILGLPPCLNILRRKQ PQLTFFTIALQSCHYQRLPPHILWATGLKSGGSSGGSSGSETPGTSESAT PESSGGSSGGSDKKYSIGLAIGTNSVGWAVITDEYKVPSKKFKVLGNTDR HSIKKNLIGALLFDSGETAEATRLKRTARRRYTRRKNRICYLQEIFSNEM AKVDDSFFHRLEESFLVEEDKKHERHPIFGNIVDEVAYHEKYPTIYHLRK KLVDSTDKADLRLIYLALAHMIKFRGHFLIEGDLNPDNSDVDKLFIQLVQ TYNQLFEENPINASGVDAKAILSARLSKSRRLENLIAQLPGEKKNGLFGN LIALSLGLTPNFKSNFDLAEDAKLQLSKDTYDDDLDNLLAQIGDQYADLF LAAKNLSDAILLSDILRVNTEITKAPLSASMIKRYDEHHQDLTLLKALVR QQLPEKYKEIFFDQSKNGYAGYIDGGASQEEFYKFIKPILEKMDGTEELL VKLNREDLLRKQRTFDNGSIPHQIHLGELHAILRRQEDFYPFLKDNREKI EKILTFRIPYYVGPLARGNSRFAWMTRKSEETITPWNFEEVVDKGASAQS FIERMTNFDKNLPNEKVLPKHSLLYEYFTVYNELTKVKYVTEGMRKPAFL SGEQKKAIVDLLFKTNRKVTVKQLKEDYFKKIECFDSVEISGVEDRFNAS LGTYHDLLKIIKDKDFLDNEENEDILEDIVLTLTLFEDREMIEERLKTYA HLFDDKVMKQLKRRRYTGWGRLSRKLINGIRDKQSGKTILDFLKSDGFAN RNFMQLIHDDSLTFKEDIQKAQVSGQGDSLHEHIANLAGSPAIKKGILQT VKVVDELVKVMGRHKPENIVIEMARENQTTQKGQKNSRERMKRIEEGIKE LGSQILKEHPVENTQLQNEKLYLYYLQNGRDMYVDQELDINRLSDYDVDH IVPQSFLKDDSIDNKVLTRSDKNRGKSDNVPSEEVVKKMKNYWRQLLNAK LITQRKFDNLTKAERGGLSELDKAGFIKRQLVETRQITKHVAQILDSRMN TKYDENDKLIREVKVITLKSKLVSDFRKDFQFYKVREINNYHHAHDAYLN AVVGTALIKKYPKLESEFVYGDYKVYDVRKMIAKSEQEIGKATAKYFFYS NIMNFFKTEITLANGEIRKRPLIETNGETGEIVWDKGRDFATVRKVLSMP QVNIVKKTEVQTGGFSKESILPKRNSDKLIARKKDWDPKKYGGFDSPTVA YSVLVVAKVEKGKSKKLKSVKELLGITIMERSSFEKNPIDFLEAKGYKEV KKDLIIKLPKYSLFELENGRKRMLASAGELQKGNELALPSKYVNFLYLAS HYEKLKGSPEDNEQKQLFVEQHKHYLDEIIEQISEFSKRVILADANLDKV LSAYNKHRDKPIREQAENIIHLFTLTNLGAPAAFKYFDTTIDRKRYTSTK EVLDATLIHQSITGLYETRIDLSQLGGDSGGSTNLSDIIEKETGKQLVIQ ESILMLPEEVEEVIGNKPESDILVHTAYDESTDENVMLLTSDAPEYKPWA LVIQDSNGENKIKMLSGGSPKKKRKV - BE4-2XUGI:
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(SEQ ID NO: 183) MSSETGPVAVDPTLRRRIEPHEFEVFFDPRELRKETCLLYEINWGGRHSI WRHTSQNTNKHVEVNFIEKFTTERYFCPNTRCSITWFLSWSPCGECSRAI TEFLSRYPHVTLFIYIARLYHHADPRNRQGLRDLISSGVTIQIMTEQESG YCWRNFVNYSPSNEAHWPRYPHLWVRLYVLELYCIILGLPPCLNILRRKQ PQLTFFTIALQSCHYQRLPPHILWATGLKSGSETPGTSESATPESDKKYS IGLAIGTNSVGWAVITDEYKVPSKKFKVLGNTDRHSIKKNLIGALLFDSG ETAEATRLKRTARRRYTRRKNRICYLQEIFSNEMAKVDDSFFHRLEESFL VEEDKKHERHPIFGNIVDEVAYHEKYPTIYHLRKKLVDSTDKADLRLIYL ALAHMIKFRGHFLIEGDLNPDNSDVDKLFIQLVQTYNQLFEENPINASGV DAKAILSARLSKSRRLENLIAQLPGEKKNGLFGNLIALSLGLTPNFKSNF DLAEDAKLQLSKDTYDDDLDNLLAQIGDQYADLFLAAKNLSDAILLSDIL RVNTEITKAPLSASMIKRYDEHHQDLTLLKALVRQQLPEKYKEIFFDQSK NGYAGYIDGGASQEEFYKFIKPILEKMDGTEELLVKLNREDLLRKQRTFD NGSIPHQIHLGELHAILRRQEDFYPFLKDNREKIEKILTFRIPYYVGPLA RGNSRFAWMTRKSEETITPWNFEEVVDKGASAQSFIERMTNFDKNLPNEK VLPKHSLLYEYFTVYNELTKVKYVTEGMRKPAFLSGEQKKAIVDLLFKTN RKVTVKQLKEDYFKKIECFDSVETSGVEDRFNASLGTYHDLLKIIKDKDF LDNEENEDILEDIVLTLTLFEDREMIEERLKTYAHLFDDKVMKQLKRRRY TGWGRLSRKLINGIRDKQSGKTILDFLKSDGFANRNFMQLIHDDSLTFKE DIQKAQVSGQGDSLHEHIANLAGSPAIKKGILQTVKVVDELVKVMGRHKP ENIVIEMARENQTTQKGQKNSRERMKRIEEGIKELGSQILKEHPVENTQL QNEKLYLYYLQNGRDMYVDQELDINRLSDYDVDHIVPQSFLKDDSIDNKV LTRSDKNRGKSDNVPSEEVVKKMKNYWRQLLNAKLITQRKFDNLTKAERG GLSELDKAGFIKRQLVETRQITKHVAQILDSRMNTKYDENDKLIREVKVI TLKSKLVSDFRKDFQFYKVREINNYHHAHDAYLNAVVGTALIKKYPKLES EFVYGDYKVYDVRKMIAKSEQEIGKATAKYFFYSNIMNFFKTEITLANGE IRKRPLIETNGETGEIVWDKGRDFATVRKVLSMPQVNIVKKTEVQTGGFS KESILPKRNSDKLIARKKDWDPKKYGGFDSPTVAYSVLVVAKVEKGKSKK LKSVKELLGITIMERSSFEKNPIDFLEAKGYKEVKKDLIIKLPKYSLFEL ENGRKRMLASAGELQKGNELALPSKYVNFLYLASHYEKLKGSPEDNEQKQ LFVEQHKHYLDEIIEQISEFSKRVILADANLDKVLSAYNKHRDKPIREQA ENIIHLFTLTNLGAPAAFKYFDTTIDRKRYTSTKEVLDATLIHQSITGLY ETRIDLSQLGGDSGGSTNLSDIIEKETGKQLVIQESILMLPEEVEEVIGN KPESDILVHTAYDESTDENVMLLTSDAPEYKPWALVIQDSNGENKIKMLS GGSTNLSDIIEKETGKQLVIQESILMLPEEVEEVIGNKPESDILVHTAYD ESTDENVMLLTSDAPEYKPWALVIQDSNGENKIKMLSGGSPKKKRKV - BE4:
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(SEQ ID NO: 184) MSSETGPVAVDPTLRRRIEPHEFEVFFDPRELRKETCLLYEINWGGRHSI WRHTSQNTNKHVEVNFIEKFTTERYFCPNTRCSITWFLSWSPCGECSRAI TEFLSRYPHVTLFIYIARLYHHADPRNRQGLRDLISSGVTIQIMTEQESG YCWRNFVNYSPSNEAHWPRYPHLWVRLYVLELYCIILGLPPCLNILRRKQ PQLTFFTIALQSCHYQRLPPHILWATGLKSGGSSGGSSGSETPGTSESAT PESSGGSSGGSDKKYSIGLAIGTNSVGWAVITDEYKVPSKKFKVLGNTDR HSIKKNLIGALLFDSGETAEATRLKRTARRRYTRRKNRICYLQEIFSNEM AKVDDSFFHRLEESFLVEEDKKHERHPIFGNIVDEVAYHEKYPTIYHLRK KLVDSTDKADLRLIYLALAHMIKFRGHFLIEGDLNPDNSDVDKLFIQLVQ TYNQLFEENPINASGVDAKAILSARLSKSRRLENLIAQLPGEKKNGLFGN LIALSLGLTPNFKSNFDLAEDAKLQLSKDTYDDDLDNLLAQIGDQYADLF LAAKNLSDAILLSDILRVNTEITKAPLSASMIKRYDEHHQDLTLLKALVR QQLPEKYKEIFFDQSKNGYAGYIDGGASQEEFYKFIKPILEKMDGTEELL VKLNREDLLRKQRTFDNGSIPHQIHLGELHAILRRQEDFYPFLKDNREKI EKILTFRIPYYVGPLARGNSRFAWMTRKSEETITPWNFEEVVDKGASAQS FIERMTNFDKNLPNEKVLPKHSLLYEYFTVYNELTKVKYVTEGMRKPAFL SGEQKKAIVDLLFKTNRKVTVKQLKEDYFKKIECFDSVETSGVEDRFNAS LGTYHDLLKIIKDKDFLDNEENEDILEDIVLTLTLFEDREMIEERLKTYA HLFDDKVMKQLKRRRYTGWGRLSRKLINGIRDKQSGKTILDFLKSDGFAN RNFMQLIHDDSLTFKEDIQKAQVSGQGDSLHEHIANLAGSPAIKKGILQT VKVVDELVKVMGRHKPENIVIEMARENQTTQKGQKNSRERMKRIEEGIKE LGSQILKEHPVENTQLQNEKLYLYYLQNGRDMYVDQELDINRLSDYDVDH IVPQSFLKDDSIDNKVLTRSDKNRGKSDNVPSEEVVKKMKNYWRQLLNAK LITQRKFDNLTKAERGGLSELDKAGFIKRQLVETRQITKHVAQILDSRMN TKYDENDKLIREVKVITLKSKLVSDFRKDFQFYKVREINNYHHAHDAYLN AVVGTALIKKYPKLESEFVYGDYKVYDVRKMIAKSEQEIGKATAKYFFYS NIMNFFKTEITLANGEIRKRPLIETNGETGEIVWDKGRDFATVRKVLSMP QVNIVKKTEVQTGGFSKESILPKRNSDKLIARKKDWDPKKYGGFDSPTVA YSVLVVAKVEKGKSKKLKSVKELLGITIMERSSFEKNPIDFLEAKGYKEV KKDLIIKLPKYSLFELENGRKRMLASAGELQKGNELALPSKYVNFLYLAS HYEKLKGSPEDNEQKQLFVEQHKHYLDEIIEQISEFSKRVILADANLDKV LSAYNKHRDKPIREQAENIIHLFTLTNLGAPAAFKYFDTTIDRKRYTSTK EVLDATLIHQSITGLYETRIDLSQLGGDSGGSGGSGGSTNLSDIIEKETG KQLVIQESILMLPEEVEEVIGNKPESDILVHTAYDESTDENVMLLTSDAP EYKPWALVIQDSNGENKIKMLSGGSGGSGGSTNLSDIIEKETGKQLVIQE SILMLPEEVEEVIGNKPESDILVHTAYDESTDENVMLLTSDAPEYKPWAL VIQDSNGENKIKMLSGGSPKKKRKV - The ability of the base editing constructs of
FIG. 109 to mutate target cytosine residues of EMX1, FANCF, HEK2, HEK3, HEK4, and RNF2 are shown inFIGS. 110-115 . The percentage of target cytosines edited (including the proportion of C residues that are mutated to a T, A, or G), as well as the % of indels generated, are shown inFIGS. 110-115 . The percentage of target cytosines edited were calculated using the following formula: 100-[% of sequencing reads with C]. The pie charts ofFIGS. 110-115 show the distribution of reads with the various bases indicated, meaning that looking at all of the base edited reads (reads that have a nucleotide other than a C at the base indicated), what percentage of those have A, G, or T. Tables 9-14, below, show the values of the mutation percentages that are indicated by in the pie charts ofFIGS. 110-115 . - The C to non-T editing observed is likely due to UDG (uracil DNA glycosylase). For example, once the C is converted to the uracil intermediate, UDG can convert it to an abasic site. This abasic site is then processed by other endogenous enzymes and ultimately leads to indels or other bases (such as G or A) replacing the C. We have shown that in UDG knock-out cell lines show increased C to T editing with little to no indels at all.
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TABLE 9 EMX1 EMX1 C5 BE3 A 1.9% C 51.9% G 6.0% T 40.3% pmCDA1 A 0.2% C 88.9% G 0.8% T 10.0% hAID A 0.3% C 83.6% G 0.6% T 15.4% hAPOBEC3G A 0.0% C 98.9% G 0.2% T 1.0% BE4-N A 1.4% C 85.6% G 3.5% T 9.5% BE4-SSB A 0.3% C 96.7% G 0.7% T 2.3% BE4-(GGS)3 A 1.7% C 36.8% G 4.1% T 57.4% BE4-XTEN A 2.1% C 45.7% G 5.1% T 47.1% BE4-32aa A 1.6% C 46.3% G 4.6% T 47.5% BE4-2XUGI A 0.6% C 60.2% G 1.9% T 37.3% -
TABLE 10 FANCF FANCF C8 BE3 A 1.6% C 74.4% G 0.7% T 23.3% pmCDA1 A 0.5% C 88.8% G 0.3% T 10.3% hAID A 0.3% C 89.6% G 0.2% T 9.9% hAPOBEC3G A 2.1% C 75.4% G 10.4% T 12.1% BE4-N A 1.8% C 83.5% G 0.6% T 14.2% BE4-SSB A 0.3% C 97.1% G 0.1% T 2.6% BE4-(GGS)3 A 2.3% C 45.7% G 1.4% T 50.6% BE4-XTEN A 1.1% C 56.3% G 0.4% T 42.1% BE4-32aa A 1.2% C 70.0% G 0.6% T 28.2% BE4-2XUGI A 0.9% C 57.8% G 1.1% T 40.2% -
TABLE 11 HEK2 HEK2 C6 BE3 A 0.9% C 28.2% G 52.9% T 18.1% pmCDA1 A 1.8% C 73.5% G 3.5% T 21.2% hAID A 2.1% C 56.9% G 7.7% T 33.3% hAPOBEC3G A 0.1% C 86.5% G 9.9% T 3.5% BE4-N A 1.0% C 37.6% G 57.0% T 4.4% BE4-SSB A 0.2% C 78.4% G 20.0% T 1.4% BE4-(GGS)3 A 0.6% C 11.1% G 40.6% T 47.7% BE4-XTEN A 1.2% C 24.8% G 44.6% T 29.4% BE4-32aa A 1.1% C 26.3% G 41.8% T 30.7% BE4-2XUGI A 0.8% C 37.0% G 21.6% T 40.6% -
TABLE 12 HEK3 HEK3 C5 BE3 A 2.23% C 38.06% G 12.77% T 46.95% pmCDA1 A 0.21% C 76.57% G 0.12% T 23.09% hAID A 0.28% C 60.23% G 1.03% T 38.45% hAPOBEC3G A 3.11% C 33.89% G 28.59% T 34.41% BE4-N A 2.6% C 64.1% G 13.5% T 19.8% BE4-SSB A 0.4% C 92.9% G 2.8% T 3.9% BE4-(GGS)3 A 1.3% C 9.9% G 7.9% T 80.8% BE4-XTEN A 2.3% C 15.9% G 12.2% T 69.6% BE4-32aa A 1.3% C 14.9% G 9.9% T 73.9% BE4-2XUGI A 0.6% C 23.4% G 3.8% T 72.2% -
TABLE 13 HEK4 HEK4 C5 BE3 A 8.40% C 41.89% G 24.54% T 25.17% pmCDA1 A 0.50% C 87.53% G 0.01% T 11.95% hAID A 0.93% C 71.32% G 0.69% T 27.06% hAPOBEC3G A 0.12% C 99.37% G 0.35% T 0.16% BE4-N A 7.3% C 56.6% G 25.7% T 10.3% BE4-SSB A 2.1% C 86.8% G 5.8% T 5.2% BE4-(GGS)3 A 6.7% C 13.0% G 19.8% T 60.5% BE4-XTEN A 7.5% C 19.7% G 25.4% T 47.4% BE4-32aa A 7.9% C 21.8% G 25.1% T 45.3% BE4-2XUGI A 3.4% C 22.2% G 12.4% T 62.0% -
TABLE 14 RNF2 RNF2 C6 BE3 A 2.46% C 46.65% G 19.87% T 31.03% pmCDA1 A 0.60% C 83.52% G 1.33% T 14.55% hAID A 0.36% C 75.03% G 3.20% T 21.40% hAPOBEC3G A 0.10% C 86.60% G 3.70% T 9.59% BE4-N A 5.1% C 50.0% G 28.8% T 16.2% BE4-SSB A 1.1% C 89.9% G 4.9% T 4.1% BE4-(GGS)3 A 2.0% C 23.0% G 14.0% T 61.0% BE4-XTEN A 2.6% C 32.4% G 16.0% T 49.0% BE4-32aa A 2.2% C 29.2% G 18.5% T 50.0% BE4-2XUGI A 0.7% C 45.0% G 6.5% T 47.8% - As discussed above, nucleic acid programmable DNA binding proteins (napDNAbp) of any of the fusion proteins provided herein may be a Cpf1 protein. In some embodiments, the Cpf1 protein is a Cpf1 nickase (nCpf1). Cpf1 nickases, for example, a Cpf1 nickase (R1225A in AsCpf1; and R1138A in LbCpf1) that cleaves the non-target strand have been described in Yamano et al., “Crystal structure of Cpf1 in complex with guide RNA and target DNA.” Cell (165) 2016, p. 949-962; the entire contents of which is hereby incorporated by reference. However, a nickase (e.g., a Cpf1 nickase of a base editor protein) that cleaves the target strand is expected to improve base editing efficiency.
- A fluorescent labeled DNA was used to identify a Cpf1 mutant that preferentially nicks the target strand, rather than the non-target strand (see
FIG. 116 ). InFIG. 116 , the top strand of DNA constructs 1-3, is the non-target strand and the bottom strand is the target strand. An in vitro assay is carried out using wild-type LbCpf1, R836A (LbCpf1), and R1138A (LbCpf1). R836A (LbCpf1) appears to be a “crippled” nickase, meaning it cuts the target strand more efficiently than the non-target strand. As shown inFIG. 117 , the non-target strand is uncut, nofluorescent 350 piece is observed. After two hours, both strands are cut. Differing intensities suggest more target strands are cut than non-target strands. - Establishing a Base Editing Window with AsCp1-BE3
- Base editing proteins (e.g., BE3 (SpCas9-BE3)) having LbCpf1(R836A) or AsCpf1(R912A) as the napDNAbp were shown to edit bases at low efficiency (0.1% to 0.4%). A base editor with a AsCpf1 (R912A) napDNAbp more efficiently mutated a target C at EMX1, FANCF, HEK3 and HEK4 sites. The editing window of the constructs tested appears to be from the 7th base to the 11th base. The numbers are consistent with the trend with BE3 having highest numbers and self-defeating BE (i.e., APOBEC-AsCpf1(R1225A)-UGI, which cleaves the non-target strand) having lower ones. See
FIG. 118 Positive control with Cas9-BE3 on EMX1: 5-6%. Indel values for AsCpf1: >20%. R912 in AsCpf1 is conserved across many members of the Cpf1 family. The corresponding residue in LbCpf1 is R836, which is believed to be a “crippled” nickase when the R is mutated to an A. - Indel data suggests that Cpf1 can access DNA target sites. Thus, optimization of Cpf1 base editing proteins has focused on specific APOBEC proteins, linkers, and/or UGI domains. The construct shown in
FIG. 119 was tested, with varying linkers using both LbCpf1(R836A) and AsCpf1(R912A). In short, different linker sequences (i.e., XTEN, GGS, (GGS)3 (SEQ ID NO: 610), (GGS)5 (SEQ ID NO: 610), and (GGS)7 (SEQ ID NO: 610)) between the APOBEC and Cpf1 domain (e.g., AsCpf1 or LbCpf1) were tested. SeeFIG. 120 . The constructs were tested for their ability to mutate the C8 residue of the HEK3 site, which is TGCTTCTC8CAGCCCTGGCCTGG (SEQ ID NO: 592). Editing levels for base editing proteins with AsCpf1 reached to over 1%, while base editing proteins with LbCpf1 showed a comparative reduction in base editing efficiency. As shown inFIG. 121 , linkers from a database maintained by the Centre of Integrative Bioinformatics VU did not show as significant an improvement as GGS-type linkers for AsCpf1-BE3. The linkers shown inFIG. 121 are shown below: -
Length PDB_code (aa) Sequence 1au7A_1 10 KRRTTISIAA (SEQ ID NO: 593) 1c1kA_1 19 ALVFYREYIGRLKQIKFKF (SEQ ID NO: 594) 1c20A_1 14 LPIMAKSVLDLYEL (SEQ ID NO: 595) 1ee8A_1 5 LLRLG (SEQ ID NO: 596) 1f1zA_1 15 TDKEINPVVKENIEW (SEQ ID NO: 597) 1ignA_1 8 PPSIKRKF (SEQ ID NO: 598) 1jmcA_1 9 LPTVQFDFT (SEQ ID NO: 599) 1sfe_1 14 LPLDIRGTAFQQQV (SEQ ID NO: 600) 2ezx_1 8 AYVVLGQF (SEQ ID NO: 601) 2reb_1 8 INFYGELV (SEQ ID NO: 602) - Cas9 has a stretch of amino acids between the C and N termini (see red square,
FIG. 123 ) while AsCpf1 does not (seeFIG. 122 ). Moreover, AsCpf1 has a shorter distance between the N and C termini. These observations indicate potential interference between APOBEC (on N terminus) and UGI (on C terminus) through which UGI may hinder APOBEC access to the non-target strand. One solution is to move APOBEC and UGI onto the same terminus, either N or C. Accordingly, constructs having the architecture NLS-UGI-APOBEC-XTEN-AsCpf1; UGI-APOBEC-XTEN-AsCpf1-NLS; and AsCpf1-XTEN-APOBEC-NLS will be tested. - There is no known crystal structure of Cpf1 in which the non-target strand is resolved (see
FIG. 124 , cyan). It is believed that the editing window should lie within the red circle as shown inFIG. 124 . There is a helical region (see square inFIG. 124 ) that may be obstructing APOBEC. This region comprises the amino acid sequence K(661)KTGDQK(667) (SEQ ID NO: 603). - To test the whether the removal of two, four or six residues improves base editing efficiency, experiments were conducted with a base editor having a AsCpf1(R912A) napDNAbp, using HEK3 as the target site. Editing levels increase to approximately 2.6%—a 6-fold increase from control levels when T663 and D665 are deleted (see Table 7, below). The construct used in this experiment was APOBEC-XTEN-AsCpf1(R912A)-SGGS-UGI
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TABLE 7 Deletions Editing at C8 Editing at C9 T663, D665 2.59% 1.29% K662, T663, D665, Q666 0.15% 0.15% K661, K662, T663, D665, 0.22% 0.21% Q666, K667 -
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- Traditional genome editing agents introduce double-stranded DNA breaks (DSBs) as the first step of genome editing1-4. Cells respond to DSBs primarily through non-homologous end joining (NHEJ), resulting in stochastic insertions or deletions (indels) at the cleavage site1,5. To generate more precise changes in genomic DNA, homology-directed repair (HDR) can be used to replace the genomic DNA surrounding the cleavage site with that of an exogenously supplied DNA donor template6-8. Unfortunately, HDR is typically accompanied by an excess of indels resulting from competing NHEJ and is limited primarily to mitotic cells. In addition, most genome editing methods rely on delivery of exogenous plasmid or viral DNA into mammalian cells followed by intracellular expression of the agent9-12. These delivery methods result in continuous, uncontrolled Cas9 and sgRNA expression even after the on-target locus has been edited, increasing the opportunity for genome editing at off-target loci1,13.
- Base editing, a different approach to genome editing that enables the direct, programmable, targeted conversion of a C:G base pair to a T:A base pair, was recently described3,14. The third-generation base editor, BE3, contains in a single protein (i) a catalytically impaired Cas9 that opens a small single-stranded DNA bubble at a guide RNA-specified locus, (ii) a tethered single-strand-specific cytidine deaminase that converts C to U within a window of approximately five nucleotides in the single-stranded DNA bubble, (iii) a uracil glycosylase inhibitor (UGI) that inhibits base excision repair, thereby improving the efficiency and product selectivity of base editing, and (iv) nickase activity to manipulate cellular mismatch repair into replacing the G-containing DNA strand. The combination of these components enables efficient and permanent C to T (or G to A) conversion in mammalian cells with minimal indel formation. Since prefiously reported14, other researchers have confirmed the ability of this strategy and related approaches to facilitate Cas9-directed C to T conversion in mammalian cells15-17 and in plants18.
- Here, two advances that greatly improve the DNA specificity of base editing and that allow base editing in vitro and in vivo without supplying exogenous DNA, which has been associated with a risk of recombination with the host genome and cytotoxicity, are described18,19. First, a mutant form of BE3 incorporating mutations known to decrease the DNA affinity of Cas920 that reduces off-target editing events with only a modest decrease in on-target editing activity is engineered. Next, it is revealed that lipid-mediated delivery of base editor proteins complexed with guide RNA results in even larger specificity enhancements with no apparent reduction in on-target base editing compared to plasmid DNA delivery. Delivery of base editors as RNPs typically reduces off-target editing to below measurable levels, even for a notoriously promiscuous guide RNA that targets a highly repetitive genomic DNA sequence, in cultured human and mouse cells. These advances enable highly specific, DNA-free in vivo base editing in mice and zebrafish to be demonstrated.
- Cas9 nucleases and their associated fusion constructs have been shown to bind and cleave DNA at off-target genomic loci21-24. Joung and coworkers developed HF-Cas9, a high-fidelity SpCas9 variant containing four point mutations (N497A, R661A, Q695A, Q926A) that were designed to eliminate non-specific interactions between Cas9 and the phosphate backbone of the DNA target strand (
FIG. 125A )20 consistent with the previous abrogation of non-specific DNA interactions in TALENs that greatly increased their DNA cleavage specificity25. Since base editors operate on the non-target strand within the single-stranded DNA bubble created by Cas914 it can be hypothesized that introducing these four point mutations from HF-Cas9 into BE3 to generate “HF-BE3” might reduce off-target base editing without altering its base conversion capabilities (FIGS. 125A and 125C ). - Plasmids encoding BE3 and HF-BE3 as His6-tagged proteins were overexpressed in E. coli and purified first by nickel affinity chromatography and then by cation exchange chromatography (
FIGS. 126A-126B ). Following extensive optimization of expression and purification conditions, BE3 and HF-BE3 protein can be routinely produced at a yield of ˜2 mg per liter of culture media (FIGS. 126A-126C ). - The purified base editor proteins were used to compare base editing efficiency and the width of the editing window of HF-BE3 and BE3 biochemically. In vitro C to U conversion efficiencies were measured in a synthetic dsDNA 79-mer with a protospacer comprised of TC repeats. The target dsDNA (250 nM) was incubated with BE3:sgRNA or HF-BE3:sgRNA (2 μM) for 30 min at 37° C. After incubation, the edited DNA was amplified using a uracil-tolerant polymerase and sequenced by high-throughput DNA sequencing (HTS). Comparable editing efficiencies and activity window widths were observed for HF-BE3 and BE3 in vitro (FIG. 125B). These findings indicate that introduction of the high-fidelity mutations into BE3 does not compromise inherent on-target base editing efficiency or change the width of the editing window of the resulting HF-BE3 protein in vitro.
- Next, base editing efficiencies, specificities, and editing window widths of BE3 and HF-BE3 were compared in mammalian cells following plasmid DNA transfection. Four well-studied endogenous genomic loci (
HEK293 site 3, FANCF, EMX1 and VEGFA site 2) were chosen to interrogate on- and off-target base editing in mammalian cells14,24.VEGFA site 2 is highly repetitive, containing 14 Cs out of 20 protospacer nucleotides, and is associated with notoriously high rate of known off-target genome editing20,22,24,26. This site was chosen to be included because it poses a formidable specificity challenge. In contrast with most nuclease-based genome editing applications, base editing relies on the precise location of the protospacer to place the target nucleotide within the editing window and usually little or no flexibility in the choice of guide RNA is available. Therefore, the development of base editors with enhanced specificities even for highly repetitive, promiscuous sgRNA targets is crucial3,14. - The on-target locus and known off-target loci were amplified by PCR and analyzed by HTS following plasmid transfection24 with each of the four base editor:sgRNA pairs. On-target editing in HEK293T cells for these four endogenous genomic loci was slightly reduced by introduction of the HF mutations; editing averaged 29±5% with BE3, and 21±3% (mean±s.e.m. for n=3 biological replicates) for HF-BE3 (
FIGS. 127A-127D, 128A ). - For each of the three standard, non-repetitive target sites (
HEK293 site 3, FANCF, and EMX1), the three most frequently modified off-target loci that contain a C within the editing window from the off-target loci previously reported to be modified from treatment with Cas9 and the same guide RNA were examined (Table 15)24. When cells were transfected with BE3 plasmid, C→T conversion across the nine most frequently modified Cas9 off-target loci forHEK293 site 3, FANCF, and EMX1 averaged 1.1±0.3% (FIGS. 127A-C ; mean±s.d. for n=3 biological replicates). Installation of the HF mutations reduced the absolute level of mean off-target editing by 37-fold to 0.03±0.005%, with only one instance of measureable off-target C→T conversion (FIG. 127A ; EMX1 C5 at off-target 1). -
TABLE 15 Protospacer and PAM sequences for the on- and off-target human genomic loci studied in this work. The off-target sites were chosen based on their GUIDE-Seq read count 45. Cytosines within the editing window for a particular sgRNA are numbered. The PAM sequence is shown in bold. Protospacer bases in off-target loci that differ from their respective on-target loci have been underlined. For genomic sequences interrogated in murine samples, see FIG. 132E. GUIDE-Seq Site Sequence SEQ ID NO count EMX1 on-target GAGTC5C6GAGCAGAAGAAGAAGGG 480 4,521 EMX1 off- target 1GAGTC5 TAAGCAGAAGAAGAAGAG 481 1,445 EMX1 off- target 2GAGGC5C6GAGCAGAAGAAAGACGG 482 700 EMX1 off- target 3GAGTC5C6 TAGCAGGAGAAGAAGAG 483 390 HEK293 site 3 on-targetGGCC4C5AGACTGAGCACGTGATGG 484 2,074 HEK293 site 3 off-target 1CACC4C5AGACTGAGCACGTGC TGG 485 327 HEK293 site 3 off-target 2GACAC5AGACTGGGCACGTGAGGG 486 306 HEK293 site 3 off-target 3AGCTC5AGACTGAGCAAGTGAGGG 487 136 VEGFA site 2 on-targetGAC3C4C5C6C7TC9C10ACCCCGCCTCC 488 540 GG VEGFA site 2 off- target 1CTAC4C5C6C7TC9C10ACCCCGCCTCCG 489 1,925 G VEGFA site 2 off- target 2490 1,549 G VEGFA site 2 off- target 3491 1,178 GG VEGFA site 2 off- target 4492 1,107 GG FANCF on-target GGAATC6C7C8TTC11TGCAGCACCTGG 493 4,816 FANCF off- target 1494 2,099 G FANCF off- target 2495 524 G FANCF off- target 3496 150 G - To characterize HF-BE3 specificity on an extremely challenging site, BE3 and HF-BE3 off-target activity when targeting the highly
repetitive VEGFA site 2 locus was compared. BE3 treatment lead to an average of 15±5% editing of cytosines located in the activity windows of the four tested off-target sites associated with this sgRNA (all average values quoted in this paragraph represent mean±s.d. for n=3 biological replicates). In contrast, HF-BE3 lead to a 3-fold reduction in absolute off-target editing (5.0±2.3%) at the same off-target sites (FIG. 127D ). When compared to transfection of BE3, HF-BE3 significantly (p<0.05, two-tailed Student's t test) reduced off-target editing at 27 of the 57 cytosines located at off-target loci (Table 16), while HF-BE3 treatment lead to a significant reduction (p<0.05 two-tailed Student's t test) in on-target editing at only 3 of 16 the interrogated on-target cytosine residues. -
TABLE 16 P-values for differences in base editing under different treatment conditions at all loci evaluated in this study. p-values were calculated using the Student's two tailed t-test as described in the Materials and Methods. When the p-value indicated a significant difference (p < 0.05), the corresponding entry has been highlighted. P values (Student's two-tailed t-test) for comparisons between listed treatments plasmid plasmid plasmid BE3 plasmid HF- Locus BE3 vs plasmid vs plasmid HF-BE3 BE3 vs plasmid protein protein and plasmid BE3 vs protein BE3 vs protein HF- BE3 vs protein HF-BE3 cytosine HF- protein HF- vs protein HF- BE3 vs protein BE3 vs vs position BE3 BE3 BE3 control BE3 BE3 control HF-BE3 control control EMX1, 0.053 0.000 0.001 0.000 0.416 0.056 0.003 0.023 0.000 0.000 C5 EMX1, 0.065 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.445 0.023 0.004 0.001 0.000 0.003 C6 FANCF, 0.152 0.017 0.003 0.000 0.137 0.003 0.000 0.002 0.000 0.004 C6 FANCF, 0.591 0.554 0.007 0.000 0.137 0.003 0.000 0.002 0.000 0.004 C7 FANCF, 0.011 0.026 0.004 0.000 0.958 0.018 0.000 0.023 0.000 0.007 C8 FANCF, 0.524 0.948 0.019 0.001 0.363 0.010 0.000 0.010 0.000 0.021 C11 HEK 0.061 0.001 0.071 0.000 0.002 0.002 0.005 0.00199 0.001 0.003 site 3, C3 HEK 0.048 0.924 0.010 0.004 0.001 0.001 0.001 0.00004 0.000 0.001 site 3, C4 HEK 0.291 0.592 0.016 0.006 0.243 0.243 0.002 0.00022 0.000 0.001 site 3, C5 VEGFA 0.060 0.416 0.239 0.010 0.042 0.280 0.002 0.475 0.002 0.018 site 2, C3 VEGFA 0.036 0.191 0.047 0.004 0.032 0.803 0.002 0.066 0.000 0.005 site 2, C4 VEGFA 0.098 0.650 0.028 0.003 0.044 0.169 0.002 0.004 0.000 0.001 site 2, C5 VEGFA 0.452 0.781 0.118 0.004 0.165 0.239 0.002 0.013 0.000 0.001 site 2, C6 VEGFA 0.401 0.683 0.172 0.003 0.120 0.454 0.002 0.026 0.000 0.002 site 2, C7 VEGFA 0.225 0.308 0.254 0.004 0.504 0.828 0.004 0.624 0.000 0.002 site 2, C9 VEGFA 0.064 0.061 0.023 0.005 0.732 0.257 0.009 0.057 0.000 0.003 site 2, C10 EMX1, 0.003 0.003 0.002 0.002 0.119 0.036 0.035 0.269 0.255 0.643 C5 off- target 1 EMX1, 0.013 0.013 0.013 0.013 0.158 0.294 0.521 0.390 0.058 0.054 C5 off- target 2 EMX1, 0.024 0.024 0.024 0.024 0.285 0.560 0.954 0.420 0.103 0.306 C6 off- target 2 EMX1, 0.022 0.019 0.019 0.019 0.297 0.297 0.300 >0.99999 0.882 0.815 C5 off- target 3 EMX1, 0.017 0.015 0.015 0.015 0.296 0.296 0.328 >0.99999 0.051 0.025 C6 off- target 3 FANCF, 0.031 0.031 0.031 0.031 0.314 0.530 0.333 0.337 0.349 0.618 C5 off- target 1 FANCF, 0.016 0.016 0.016 0.016 0.347 0.786 0.930 0.338 0.344 0.678 C6 off- target 1 FANCF, 0.028 0.028 0.028 0.027 0.374 0.039 0.106 0.353 0.346 0.639 C7 off- target 1 FANCF, 0.014 0.014 0.014 0.014 0.341 0.932 0.685 0.343 0.318 0.605 C8 off- target 1 FANCF, 0.007 0.007 0.007 0.007 0.374 0.001 0.000 >0.99999 0.475 0.016 C11 off- target 1 FANCF, 0.099 0.099 0.032 0.036 0.599 0.475 0.912 0.914 0.393 0.060 C6 off- target 2 FANCF, 0.080 0.080 0.027 0.030 0.898 0.638 0.819 0.539 0.859 0.530 C7 off- target 2 FANCF, 0.123 0.123 0.045 0.050 0.789 0.538 0.960 0.047 0.539 0.252 C8 off- target 2 FANCF, 0.093 0.093 0.029 0.033 0.630 0.509 0.847 0.768 0.670 0.482 C10 off- target 2 FANCF, 0.264 0.264 0.127 0.107 0.599 0.658 0.326 >0.99999 0.047 0.345 C11 off- target 2 FANCF, 0.872 0.872 0.492 0.108 0.239 0.493 0.129 0.469 0.584 0.252 C6 off- target 3 FANCF, >0.99999 >0.99999 0.859 0.016 0.537 0.866 0.116 0.572 0.272 0.595 C7 off- target 3 FANCF, 0.886 0.886 0.246 0.757 >0.99999 0.001 0.648 0.495 0.780 0.650 C8 off- target 3 FANCF, 0.566 0.566 0.284 0.202 0.053 0.387 0.260 0.453 0.913 0.541 C10 off- target 3 FANCF, 0.422 0.422 0.145 0.145 0.495 0.230 0.230 0.658 0.658 >0.99999 C11 off- target 3 HEK293 >0.99999 0.910 0.412 0.326 0.910 0.412 0.326 0.293 0.223 0.480 site 3, C3 off- target 1 HEK293 >0.99999 0.994 0.437 0.391 0.994 0.437 0.391 0.495 0.451 0.614 site 3, C4 off- target 1 HEK293 >0.99999 0.616 0.814 0.337 0.616 0.814 0.337 0.459 0.116 0.481 site 3, C5 off- target 1 HEK293 0.285 0.473 0.100 0.473 0.141 0.735 0.141 0.038 >0.99999 0.038 site 3, C3 off- target 2 HEK293 0.375 0.294 0.177 0.294 0.687 0.428 0.687 0.064 >0.99999 0.064 site 3, C5 off- target 2 HEK293 0.053 0.624 0.374 0.624 0.554 0.154 0.554 0.872 >0.99999 0.872 site 3, C9 off- target 2 HEK293 0.067 0.116 0.768 0.435 0.519 0.230 0.561 0.349 0.768 0.643 site 3, C3 off- target 3 HEK293 0.011 0.011 0.011 0.011 0.016 0.643 0.435 0.184 0.025 0.346 site 3, C5 off- target 3 HEK293 >0.99999 0.374 0.652 0.811 0.132 0.539 0.776 0.609 0.643 0.893 site 3, C9 off- target 3 VEGFA 0.101 0.015 0.014 0.012 0.041 0.032 0.025 0.117 0.012 0.001 site 2, C4 off- target 1 VEGFA 0.060 0.013 0.012 0.010 0.078 0.062 0.044 0.201 0.009 0.012 site 2, C5 off- target 1 VEGFA 0.019 0.005 0.005 0.004 0.080 0.062 0.045 0.087 0.002 0.012 site 2, C6 off- target 1 VEGFA 0.017 0.004 0.004 0.003 0.080 0.060 0.037 0.076 0.001 0.002 site 2, C7 off- target 1 VEGFA 0.230 0.088 0.037 0.011 0.667 0.256 0.051 0.134 0.004 0.007 site 2, C9 off- target 1 VEGFA 0.535 0.136 0.103 0.035 0.283 0.211 0.050 0.717 0.028 0.010 site 2, C10 off- target 1 VEGFA 0.038 0.004 0.003 0.003 0.087 0.051 0.048 0.063 0.048 0.134 site 2, C4 off- target 2 VEGFA 0.033 0.004 0.004 0.004 0.078 0.061 0.059 0.028 0.020 0.248 site 2, C5 off- target 2 VEGFA 0.026 0.005 0.005 0.004 0.051 0.038 0.038 0.043 0.038 0.783 site 2, C6 off- target 2 VEGFA 0.053 0.006 0.005 0.005 0.072 0.056 0.055 0.078 0.064 0.704 site 2, C7 off- target 2 VEGFA 0.071 0.006 0.006 0.006 0.079 0.065 0.065 0.118 0.107 0.703 site 2, C8 off- target 2 VEGFA 0.193 0.008 0.007 0.006 0.103 0.090 0.084 0.068 0.007 0.217 site 2, C9 off- target 2 VEGFA 0.063 0.003 0.003 0.002 0.116 0.107 0.090 0.545 0.016 0.346 site 2, C10 off- target 2 VEGFA 0.005 0.003 0.003 0.003 0.091 0.031 0.030 0.116 0.107 0.158 site 2, C4 off- target 3 VEGFA 0.011 0.007 0.005 0.005 0.211 0.048 0.042 0.220 0.177 0.001 site 2, C5 off- target 3 VEGFA 0.020 0.005 0.003 0.003 0.142 0.038 0.033 0.193 0.149 0.015 site 2, C6 off- target 3 VEGFA 0.045 0.006 0.003 0.003 0.101 0.035 0.030 0.093 0.060 0.083 site 2, C7 off- target 3 VEGFA 0.069 0.007 0.005 0.005 0.087 0.045 0.039 0.120 0.067 0.041 site 2, C8 off- target 3 VEGFA 0.093 0.006 0.005 0.005 0.041 0.032 0.028 0.396 0.195 0.005 site 2, C9 off- target 3 VEGFA 0.342 0.011 0.008 0.007 0.109 0.081 0.069 0.273 0.098 0.036 site 2, C10 off- target 3 VEGFA 0.001 0.001 0.001 0.001 0.374 0.374 0.230 0.271 0.358 0.633 site 2, C3 off- target 4 VEGFA 0.007 0.006 0.006 0.006 0.137 0.137 0.137 0.592 0.862 0.690 site 2, C4 off- target 4 VEGFA 0.007 0.007 0.007 0.007 0.026 0.017 0.018 0.461 0.655 0.279 site 2, C5 off- target 4 VEGFA 0.005 0.004 0.004 0.004 0.021 0.018 0.018 0.398 0.546 0.149 site 2, C6 off- target 4 VEGFA 0.007 0.006 0.006 0.006 0.051 0.048 0.050 0.373 0.720 0.029 site 2, C7 off- target 4 VEGFA 0.007 0.006 0.006 0.006 0.092 0.092 0.092 0.325 0.014 0.275 site 2, C8 off- target 4 VEGFA 0.016 0.007 0.007 0.007 0.150 0.150 0.150 0.502 1.000 0.615 site 2, C9 off- target 4 VEGFA 0.213 0.009 0.009 0.009 0.261 0.261 0.261 0.653 0.575 0.660 site 2, C10 off- target 4 - In addition to considering the differences between absolute editing at off-target loci, the on-target:off-target editing specificity ratio was also calculated by dividing the observed on-target efficiency by the off-target efficiency (
FIGS. 129A-129B ). This metric takes into account any reduction in on-target editing associated with installation of the HF-mutations, and is useful for applications sensitive to both the efficiency and specificity of base editing. Off-target editing by HF-BE3 was below the detection limit of high-throughput sequencing for several off-target loci. For these cases, a conservative off-target editing efficiency equal to the upper limit of detection was assumed (0.025% C→T conversion; see Methods). Based on this analysis, the average improvement in specificity ratio upon installation of the HF mutations across all 34 target cytosines examined herein was 19-fold, when plasmid delivery of the two constructs was performed. These results collectively establish that for non-repetitive sites (FIG. 129A ) as well as a highly repetitive site (FIG. 129B ), HF-BE3 results in substantially enhanced base editing specificity with only a modest reduction in on-target editing efficiency compared to BE3. - Next, the ability of BE3 in DNA-free, RNP form to mediate base editing when directly delivered into cultured human cells was studied. It has recently been established that cationic lipid reagents can potently deliver negatively charged proteins or protein:nucleic acid complexes into mammalian cells including ribonucleoprotein (RNP) complexes and that RNP delivery can substantially reduce off-target genome editing27-29
- The commercially available
cationic lipid Lipofectamine 2000 was combined with either purified BE3 protein or HF-BE3 protein after pre-complexation with a guide RNA targeting the EMX1,HEK293 site 3, FANCF, orVEGFA site 2 locus and the resulting lipid:RNP complexes were incubated with HEK293T cells. After 72 h, genomic DNA was harvested and on-target and off-target base editing was analyzed by high-throughput DNA sequencing. As with all Cas9-based technologies, substantial variations were observed in editing efficiency at different genomic loci (FIGS. 127 and 130 ). To display trends associated with in on-target editing efficiency between different treatments, mean on-target base editing efficiencies were calculated at the four tested loci (FIG. 128A ). Protein delivery of BE3 (200 nM) lead to on-target editing efficiencies comparable to those observed with plasmid transfection (26±4% vs. 29±5% respectively; mean±s.e.m. for n=3 biological replicates;FIG. 128A ). - In contrast, protein delivery of HF-BE3 reduced on-target editing compared to protein delivery of BE3 at the four genomic loci studied (average editing efficiency of 13±3% vs. 26±4%, respectively; mean±s.e.m. for n=3 biological replicates;
FIG. 128A ). Since HF-BE3 and BE3 have comparable editing efficiencies in a test tube (FIG. 125B ) and editing is only slightly reduced when HF-BE3 is expressed from plasmids in HEK293T cells (FIG. 127A-D ), it is tempting to speculate that the decreased efficiency of editing from HF-BE3 protein delivery may be a result of decreased HF-BE3 stability in mammalian cells. Lower stability could be offset by continual expression from a plasmid, but not following one-time protein delivery. This observation is consistent with a recent report of reduced on-target indel formation with purified HF-Cas9 compared to purified Cas9 when nucleofected into CD34+ hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells30. While this work was in review, Kim et al demonstrated RNP delivery of BE3 into mouse embryos using electroporation31. To the best of the inventors' knowledge, the present approach is the first DNA-free technique capable of generating precise changes to individual nucleotides in mammalian cells without electroporation, which has limited in vivo therapeutic relevance. - Importantly, while RNP delivery of BE3 and HF-BE3 led to substantial on-target base editing, no instances of measurable base editing (<0.025%) were observed at any of the nine tested off-target loci associated with EMX1, FANCF and
HEK293 site 3, (FIGS. 130A-130C ). In contrast, plasmid delivery of BE3 lead to an average of 1.1±0.3% (mean±s.d. for n=3 biological replicates) off-editing across all sequenced cytosines within the base editing activity window, and detectable off-target editing at 11 of 16 off-target cytosines located at these nine off-target loci (FIGS. 127A-127D ). At off-target loci of the three non-repetitive loci tested, BE3 protein delivery lead to a 26-fold higher average specificity ratio than that of plasmid delivery (FIG. 127A ). These results reveal that RNP delivery of base editors dramatically increases the DNA specificity of base editing. - Protein delivery of either BE3 or HF-BE3 also resulted in greatly improved base editing specificity at the highly promiscuous VEGFA
site 2 locus compared to plasmid delivery of either BE3 or HF-BE3 (compareFIGS. 127 and 130 ; see Table 16). Absolute frequencies of base editing at the off-target loci associated with this site were reduced upon protein delivery at least 10-fold for both BE3 (plasmid delivery: 15±4% off-target editing; protein delivery: 1.3±0.4% off-target editing; all values in this paragraph represent mean±s.d. for n=3 biological replicates) and HF-BE3 (plasmid delivery: 5±2% off-target editing; protein delivery: 0.5±0.1% off-target editing). Across all four studied loci, base editing specificity ratios for on-target:off-target editing increased an average of 66-fold for protein delivery of BE3 compared with plasmid delivery of BE3 (FIG. 129 ). Collectively, these results reveal that for both repetitive and non-repetitive target sites, RNP versus DNA delivery is a stronger determinant of base editing specificity than the presence or absence of the high-fidelity Cas9 mutations. - Neither introduction of the HF mutations nor delivery method substantially altered the low indel rates associated with base editing. Indel frequencies at all on-target loci across all treatment conditions in this study remained low (typically ≤5%;
FIG. 131A ), and the editing:indel ratio remained higher in all cases tested (typically ≥10-fold;FIG. 131B ) than in previous studies using optimized HDR protocols30,32,33. For non-repetitive sgRNAs, very few indels were observed at off-target loci (FIG. 131C ), although it is noted that plasmid delivery of BE3 generated up to 5% indels for off-target loci associated with VEGFA site 2 (FIG. 131C ). - Taken together, these results establish that protein delivery of base editors maintains on-target base editing efficiency and greatly enhances editing specificity relative to delivery of plasmid DNA.
- Given the striking enhancement of base editing specificity associated with protein delivery of BE3, it was investigated if this improvement was a result of a reduction in the total quantity of active genome editing agent delivered into the cell. Using the sgRNA targeting EMX1, a dose response study for plasmid (
FIG. 128B ) and protein delivery (FIG. 128C ) was performed. To maximize transfection efficiency between treatment conditions, the volume ofLipofectamine 2000 was 1.5 μL for all tests, and the base editor protein:sgRNA molar ratio was maintained at 1:1.1 for protein delivery. For plasmid delivery, a mass ratio of sgRNA plasmid:BE3 plasmid of 1:3 (molar ratio ˜1:1) and 1.5 μL ofLipofectamine 2000 were used. Off-target base editing was observed under all conditions tested for plasmid delivery (FIG. 128B ), but virtually no off-target editing under all protein delivery conditions tested (FIG. 128C ). - Linear regression analysis was performed to assess the relationship between on- and off-target editing for plasmid and protein delivery. For plasmid delivery, off-target editing was closely associated with on-target editing rates (R2=0.95, p=0.0012 for non-zero slope, F-test), whereas there was no significant association between off-target and on-target editing using protein delivery (R2=0.078, p=0.59 for non-zero slope, F-test).
- These data indicate that protein delivery of base editors offers an inherent specificity advantage that is independent of dosage. Together with the previous observations29,34, these findings support a model in which the higher DNA specificity of base editing from protein delivery compared to DNA delivery arises from the ability of protein delivery to avoid extended exposure of the genome to base editors, thereby minimizing the opportunity of base editors to process off-target loci after on-target loci have already been modified.
- The above observations suggested the promise of protein delivery of BE3 to maintain on-target base editing while eliminating detectable off-target base editing. It was therefore tested whether protein delivery of BE3 could be used to generate specific point mutations in zebrafish by injecting BE3:sgRNA complexes targeting the tyrosinase locus into fertilized zebrafish embryos. Genomic DNA was harvested from the
resultant zebrafish larvae 4 days post-injection and measured base editing and indel frequencies by high-throughput sequencing (FIG. 132A ). Two of the three BE3:sgRNA complexes tested induced substantial point mutations in vivo (TYR1: C3→T3 5.3±1.8%, TYR2: C4→T4 4.3±2.1%; mean±s.d. of n=3 injected embryos;FIG. 132A ). Sequences of zebrafish loci are listed in Table 17. -
TABLE 17 Number of HTS reads that align to the reference sequence and pass the quality filters described in Materials and Methods. Replicate Sample Description 1 2 3 Amplicon HEK cell samples Protein, BE3 237256 295609 159391 VEGFA On Target Protein, HF-BE3 383480 389874 383467 VEGFA On Target Plasmid, BE3 315213 280891 335668 VEGFA On Target Plasmid, HF-BE3 196323 251965 369201 VEGFA On Target Control 390748 395523 353614 VEGFA On Target Protein, BE3 19280 26472 24799 FANCF Off Target Site # 1 Protein, HF-BE3 36383 30007 39193 FANCF Off Target Site # 1 Plasmid, BE3 35580 29557 22243 FANCF Off Target Site # 1 Plasmid, HF-BE3 40371 27187 28248 FANCF Off Target Site # 1 Control 35106 37274 34939 FANCF Off Target Site # 1 Protein, BE3 82978 124689 83840 VEGFA Off Target Site # 1 Protein, HF-BE3 142404 140482 142220 VEGFA Off Target Site # 1 Plasmid, BE3 112027 117071 100894 VEGFA Off Target Site # 1 Plasmid, HF-BE3 114187 98876 122553 VEGFA Off Target Site # 1 Control 76854 90547 89271 VEGFA Off Target Site # 1 Protein, BE3 14514 25515 19325 VEGFA Off Target Site # 2 Protein, HF-BE3 24678 24363 25312 VEGFA Off Target Site # 2 Plasmid, BE3 16945 19918 10225 VEGFA Off Target Site # 2 Plasmid, HF-BE3 12200 14769 17797 VEGFA Off Target Site # 2 Control 8739 13648 7818 VEGFA Off Target Site # 2 Protein, BE3 17924 111693 173909 VEGFA Off Target Site # 3 Protein, HF-BE3 243899 300503 276139 VEGFA Off Target Site # 3 Plasmid, BE3 208476 291370 155430 VEGFA Off Target Site # 3 Plasmid, HF-BE3 117174 154033 199152 VEGFA Off Target Site # 3 Control 119263 170436 121686 VEGFA Off Target Site # 3 Protein, BE3 237799 262947 185371 VEGFA Off Target Site # 4 Protein, HF-BE3 313253 233699 244922 VEGFA Off Target Site # 4 Plasmid, BE3 243094 230316 234421 VEGFA Off Target Site # 4 Plasmid, HF-BE3 170958 160091 140693 VEGFA Off Target Site # 4 Control 158691 148720 137270 VEGFA Off Target Site # 4 Protein, BE3 28684 28237 43315 HEK3 On Target Protein, HF-BE3 49300 42576 57690 HEK3 On Target Plasmid, BE3 55008 55813 54310 HEK3 On Target Plasmid, HF-BE3 55199 11384 7659 HEK3 On Target Control 63741 42878 48524 HEK3 On Target Protein, BE3 104822 181792 161090 HEK3 Off Target Site # 1 Protein, HF-BE3 204580 175561 177303 HEK3 Off Target Site # 1 Plasmid, BE3 178584 152264 206863 HEK3 Off Target Site # 1 Plasmid, HF-BE3 191297 138425 160789 HEK3 Off Target Site # 1 Control 190303 190061 190516 HEK3 Off Target Site # 1 Protein, BE3 146089 95113 135015 HEK3 Off Target Site # 2 Protein, HF-BE3 155947 136541 157991 HEK3 Off Target Site # 2 Plasmid, BE3 150036 128438 158905 HEK3 Off Target Site # 2 Plasmid, HF-BE3 371077 123642 142562 HEK3 Off Target Site # 2 Control 130322 134545 141833 HEK3 Off Target Site # 2 Protein, BE3 145058 175338 161837 HEK3 Off Target Site # 3 Protein, HF-BE3 212337 178993 179887 HEK3 Off Target Site # 3 Plasmid, BE3 186452 166500 80441 HEK3 Off Target Site # 3 Plasmid, HF-BE3 163732 118453 134719 HEK3 Off Target Site # 3 Control 131461 134470 155608 HEK3 Off Target Site # 3 Protein, BE3 41986 61678 67890 FANCF On Target Protein, HF-BE3 41057 55850 86411 FANCF On Target Plasmid, BE3 39114 48575 70074 FANCF On Target Plasmid, HF-BE3 41617 55638 75718 FANCF On Target Control 68852 59422 81265 FANCF On Target Protein, BE3 113462 80529 191344 FANCF Off Target Site # 1 Protein, HF-BE3 202662 233981 203024 FANCF Off Target Site # 1 Plasmid, BE3 208912 202044 107234 FANCF Off Target Site # 1 Plasmid, HF-BE3 86494 113989 86807 FANCF Off Target Site # 1 Control 92255 72386 56661 FANCF Off Target Site # 1 Protein, BE3 96271 117442 84374 FANCF Off Target Site # 2 Protein, HF-BE3 105624 102312 105343 FANCF Off Target Site # 2 Plasmid, BE3 101002 98747 70052 FANCF Off Target Site # 2 Plasmid, HF-BE3 308966 69787 83184 FANCF Off Target Site # 2 Control 99986 100344 100659 FANCF Off Target Site # 2 Protein, BE3 25524 182451 65388 FANCF Off Target Site # 3 Protein, HF-BE3 71858 75553 71785 FANCF Off Target Site # 3 Plasmid, BE3 60980 57360 78169 FANCF Off Target Site # 3 Plasmid, HF-BE3 68316 34659 85718 FANCF Off Target Site # 3 Control 49685 57388 60418 FANCF Off Target Site # 3 Protein, BE3 46981 90793 79439 EMX1 On Target Protein, HF-BE3 58629 71186 61575 EMX1 On Target Plasmid, BE3 70817 82736 75706 EMX1 On Target Plasmid, HF-BE3 77038 71123 78511 EMX1 On Target Control 62183 48574 68439 EMX1 On Target Protein, BE3 165905 257565 142888 EMX 1 Off Target Site # 1 Protein, HF-BE3 148339 151300 130712 EMX 1 Off Target Site # 1 Plasmid, BE3 101950 103226 203004 EMX 1 Off Target Site # 1 Plasmid, HF-BE3 167969 175193 97010 EMX 1 Off Target Site # 1 Control 101476 150435 102327 EMX 1 Off Target Site # 1 Protein, BE3 136738 213438 118711 EMX 1 Off Target Site # 2 Protein, HF-BE3 123413 126114 109375 EMX 1 Off Target Site # 2 Plasmid, BE3 85576 86600 169592 EMX 1 Off Target Site # 2 Plasmid, HF-BE3 140317 145738 137050 EMX 1 Off Target Site # 2 Control 84818 125139 85454 EMX 1 Off Target Site # 2 Protein, BE3 11940 36593 24946 EMX1 Off Target Site # 3 Protein, HF-BE3 26762 31566 36377 EMX1 Off Target Site # 3 Plasmid, BE3 32420 21547 14659 EMX1 Off Target Site # 3 Plasmid, HF-BE3 31427 16592 17385 EMX1 Off Target Site # 3 Control 17385 28128 32717 EMX1 Off Target Site # 3 Murine Samples from NIH 3T3 cell treatment Plasmid, BE3 16641 102216 46361 On Target VEGFA (Mus) Plasmid, HF-BE3 89330 126545 100993 On Target VEGFA (Mus) Protein, BE3 88998 81697 51124 On Target VEGFA (Mus) Protein, HF-BE3 128218 29193 131515 On Target VEGFA (Mus) Control 18767 38866 58985 On Target VEGFA (Mus) Plasmid, BE3 174782 167504 182565 CFD Off Target 1 Plasmid, HF-BE3 167120 182520 192389 CFD Off Target 1 Protein, BE3 230569 212605 138144 CFD Off Target 1 Protein, HF-BE3 228668 211457 183370 CFD Off Target 1 Control 171738 191117 20879 CFD Off Target 1Plasmid, BE3 206475 227332 206089 CFD Off Target 2Plasmid, HF-BE3 213809 203028 199078 CFD Off Target 2 Protein, BE3 215995 275754 249969 CFD Off Target 2 Protein, HF-BE3 250918 272063 241059 CFD Off Target 2 Control 193760 175959 246963 CFD Off Target 2Plasmid, BE3 60388 126278 7328 CFD Off Target 3 Plasmid, HF-BE3 89045 128508 5178 CFD Off Target 3 Protein, BE3 167195 330046 11163 CFD Off Target 3 Protein, HF-BE3 82120 309352 10393 CFD Off Target 3 Control 83204 176939 5661 CFD Off Target 3 Plasmid, BE3 192846 113709 171078 CFD Off Target 4 Plasmid, HF-BE3 205601 151434 188943 CFD Off Target 4 Protein, BE3 218194 181993 208398 CFD Off Target 4 Protein, HF-BE3 211966 148976 186838 CFD Off Target 4 Control 183933 130318 197476 CFD Off Target 4 Mouse Cochlea Samples Stria vascularies 37889 205706 62091 On Target (VEGFA) Organ of Corti 148447 175004 29075 On Target (VEGFA) Modiolus 182806 181382 61269 On Target (VEGFA) Uninjected control 228222 241979 272759 On Target (VEGFA) Stria vascularies 44457 244487 244646 CFD Off Target 1Organ of Corti 136335 118318 34747 CFD Off Target 1Modiolus 67176 209543 68699 CFD Off Target 1Uninjected control 343100 342717 379015 CFD Off Target 1Stria vascularies 72962 319883 265793 CFD Off Target 2Organ of Corti 198456 131430 60530 CFD Off Target 2Modiolus 92014 251509 81413 CFD Off Target 2Uninjected control 399138 345965 483920 CFD Off Target 2Stria vascularies 8325 80322 142556 CFD Off Target 3Organ of Corti 81014 45976 1810 CFD Off Target 3Modiolus 9928 75555 11341 CFD Off Target 3 Uninjected control 399138 345965 483920 CFD Off Target 3Stria vascularies 232194 397770 554054 CFD Off Target 4 Organ of Corti 313472 285302 176872 CFD Off Target 4Modiolus 230105 371399 258142 CFD Off Target 4Uninjected control 524503 637946 624709 CFD Off Target 4Zebrafish samples 1 2 3 Amplicon Treated zebrafish 72355 49498 81061 TYR 1 Scrambled sgRNA 107919 98502 92429 TYR 1Treated zebrafish 51434 48014 41547 TYR 2Scrambled sgRNA 61466 62374 66765 TYR 2Treated zebrafish 6487 57247 75883 TYR 3Scrambled sgRNA 64596 71234 75624 TYR 3Mouse Cochlea Samples - treated with unrealated sgRNA Sample Stria Cortii Modiolus Amplicon 537459 249767 389274 On Target (VEGFA) - Finally, these developments were applied to achieve DNA-free, high-specificity base editing in mice. To maximize the likelihood of observing on- and off-target base editing in vivo, the highly repetitive sgRNA targeting
VEGFA site 2 was used; conveniently, the murine and human genomes are identical at this target site. - Using cultured murine NIH/3T3 cells, it was confirmed that BE3 protein delivery yielded efficient on-target base editing at this
locus 34±11% (FIG. 133A ; all editing percentages in this paragraph represent mean±s.d. for n=3 biological replicates). The Cutting Frequency Determinant (CFD) algorithm29,34 was used to predict off-target loci in the mouse genome associated with theVEGFA site 2 sgRNA (Table 18). Using cultured NIH/3T3 cells, it was confirmed that two of the top four predicted off-target loci are indeed modified by plasmid delivery of BE3 in cultured murine cells (CFD off-target locus target locus FIG. 133B-133E ). Consistent with the results from human cells, protein delivery of BE3 reduced off-target editing to levels similar to that of negative controls (FIGS. 133C and 133E ). The mean base editing specificity ratio for CFD off-target loci -
TABLE 18 Protospacer and PAM sequences for the predicted off-target loci in the mouse genome associated with the VEGFA site 2 sgRNA. CFD scores46 werecalculated using CRISPOR47. Positions in the off-target protospacers that differ from the on-target sequence are underlined. SEQ ID Site Sequence NO CFD score Description of locus On-target GACCCCCTCCACCCCGCCTCCGG 497 VEGFA site 2Off- target 1TCCCCCCTCCACCCCACCTCCGG 498 0.7857 intergenic:mmu-mir-21c- Nrp1/Mir1903 Off- target 2TGCCCACCTCACCCCGCCTCTGG 499 0.65 intron:Vipr1 Off- target 3GCCCCTCCCAACCCCACCTCTGG 500 0.6323 intron:Nos1ap Off- target 4CACCCCCCTCACCCCGCCTCAGG 501 0.625 intergenic:Unc5b-mmu-mir- 6408 - To establish DNA-free base editing in mice, BE3:sgRNA complexes were combined with Lipofectamine 2000 (
FIG. 132B ) and intracochlear injections were performed into mouse pups at P1-P2. Injected cochlear tissues were harvested 3-4 days post-injection and micro-dissected into 5-7 samples per cochlear region. Control cochlea from uninjected mice were harvested simultaneously. Genomic DNA was extracted from the harvested tissue, amplified by qPCR to late-exponential phase, and subjected to high-throughput DNA sequencing to measure C→T conversion. Although it is impossible to quantitate base editing efficiency among treated cells because it is not possible to retrieve DNA exclusively from cells exposed to base editor protein, unambiguous base editing was observed from tissue in three regions of the cochlea: the basal end of the organ of Corti, the stria vascularis and the modiolus (FIGS. 132C-132D ). No significant indel formation was detected in treated tissue samples (<0.1% indels;FIG. 134B ). - The percentage of cochlear cells containing target C→T conversion (
FIG. 132C ) was significantly lower than that observed in treated NIH/3T3 cells in culture (FIG. 133A ), consistent with the highly localized nature of lipid-based protein delivery and the inability to isolate DNA exclusively from cells exposed to base editor. Nonetheless, local delivery offers key advantages for accessible applications, including control over which cell types are edited, and ease of preparation and administration. - Finally, off-target editing following intracochlear injection of BE3:sgRNA:lipid complexes was analyzed. Analysis of all four predicted off-target loci, including the confirmed off-target
sites CFD locus 1 andCFD locus 4, in genomic DNA from the cochlear tissue of mice injected with the BE3:VEGFA site 2 sgRNA:lipid complex revealed no detectable C→T conversion or indel formation above that observed in untreated controls samples for any of the off-target loci tested (FIG. 134A ). - Together, these in vivo base editing results establish a virus-free, DNA-free strategy for the precise conversion of individual nucleotides in the genomic DNA of animals with high DNA sequence specificity.
- The strategies developed and implemented in this study expand the utility and applicability of base editing by removing or reducing off-target base editing and establishing a DNA-free delivery method that supports in vivo base editing. Protein delivery improves base editing specificity in human and murine cells compared with plasmid delivery of the same constructs (
FIGS. 137, 130, and 133 ), and enables specific base editing in zebrafish and in the mouse cochlea (FIG. 132 ). - A high-fidelity base editor was generated by installing into BE3 mutations known to enhance the DNA specificity of Cas920. The installation of these mutations into Cas9 was reported to result in undetectable indel formation at off target loci associated with non-repetitive sgRNAs, including the EMX1 locus interrogated here (
FIG. 127A )20. The specificity enhancements observed in HF-BE3, while substantial, were more modest; HF-BE3 exhibited detectable off-target base editing at both repetitive and non-repetitive loci when delivered as plasmid DNA into mammalian cells (FIGS. 127A, 127D, 133C, and 133E ). It is tempting to speculate that this specificity enhancement difference may arise from the fact that base editing, unlike Cas9-mediated indel formation, does not require DNA cleavage but only necessitates DNA-binding and R-loop formation14, and some of the enhanced specificity of HF-Cas9 may arise from impaired DNA cleavage at already-bound off-target loci. - In a second attempt to reduce off-target base editing, it was demonstrated that RNP delivery of base editors leads to decoupling of on- and off-target editing (
FIG. 128B-128C ). RNP delivery ablated off-target editing at non-repetitive sites while maintaining on-target editing comparable to plasmid delivery (FIGS. 130A-130C and 128A ), and greatly reduced off-target editing even at the highly repetitive VEGFA site 2 (FIG. 130D ). RNP delivery of base editors may be especially useful for in vivo editing applications in which cellular dosage is typically difficult to control or characterize. - RNP delivery of Cas9 coupled with delivery of a donor DNA template has previously been used to perform HDR-based genome editing in mammalian cells. These approaches, however, remain limited by low efficiency, cell-state dependence, and indel formation efficiencies typically exceeding those of desired HDR outcomes, especially for point mutation correction29,30,32,35 DNA-free base editing, in contrast, generates a substantial excess of edited product relative to stochastic indels both in vivo and in cells (
FIGS. 132A, 134A, and 134B ). To the best of the inventors' knowledge, RNP delivery of base editors represents the first strategy for generating specific and precise modifications to genomic DNA without requiring exogenous DNA. - The plasmids in this study were generated by USER cloning. Phusion U Hot Start polymerase (Thermo Fisher) was used to install point mutations and construct protein expression plasmids from previously reported constructs36. Protein sequences are listed in the Supplementary Information, and plasmids for expression of BE3 and HF-BE3 are available from Addgene.
- BL21 Star (DE3)-competent E. coli cells were transformed with plasmids encoding the bacterial codon optimized base editors with a His6 N-terminal purification tag. A single colony was grown overnight in Luria-Bertani (LB) broth containing 50 μg mL−1 kanamycin at 37° C. The cells were diluted 1:200 into 2 L of the same media and grown at 37° C. until OD600=0.70-0.75. The cultures were incubated on ice for 60 min and protein expression was induced with 0.5 mM isopropyl-β-D-1-thiogalactopyranoside (IPTG, GoldBio). Expression was sustained for 14-16 h with shaking at 18° C. The subsequent purification steps were carried out at 4° C. Cells were collected by centrifugation at 6,000 g for 20 min and resuspended in cell collection buffer (100 mM tris(hydroxymethyl)-aminomethane (Tris)-HCl, pH 8.0, 1 M NaCl, 20% glycerol, 5 mM tris(2-carboxyethyl)phosphine (TCEP; GoldBio), 0.4 mM phenylmethane sulfonyl fluoride (PMSF; Sigma Aldrich) and 1 cOmplete, EDTA-free protease inhibitor pellet (Roche) per 50 mL buffer used). Cells were lysed by sonication (6 min total, 3 s on, 3 s off) and the lysate cleared by centrifugation at 25,000 g (20 min).
- The cleared lysate was incubated with His-Pur nickel nitriloacetic acid (nickel-NTA) resin (1 mL resin per litre of culture, Thermo Fisher) with rotation at 4° C. for 60-90 min. The resin was washed with 20 column volumes of cell collection buffer before bound protein was eluted with elution buffer ((100 mM tris(hydroxymethyl)-aminomethane (Tris)-HCl, pH 8.0, 0.5 M NaCl, 20% glycerol, 5 mM tris (2-carboxyethyl) phosphine (TCEP; GoldBio), 200 mM imidazole). The resulting protein fraction was further purified on a 5 mL Hi-Trap HP SP (GE Healthcare) cation exchange column using an Akta Pure FPLC. Protein-containing fractions were concentrated using a column with a 100,000 kDa cutoff (Millipore) centrifuged at 3,000 g and the concentrated solution was sterile filtered through an 0.22 μm PVDF membrane (Millipore).
- After sterile filtration, proteins were quantified with Reducing Agent Compatible Bicinchoninic acid (BCA) assay (Pierce Biotechnology), snap-frozen in liquid nitrogen and stored in aliquots at −80° C. Sequences of expressed proteins are listed in
Supplementary Note 2. - In Vitro Transcription of sgRNA
- Linear DNA fragments containing the T7 RNA polymerase promoter sequence upstream of the desired 20 bp sgRNA protospacer and the sgRNA backbone were generated by PCR (Q5 Hot Start MasterMix, New England Biolabs) using primers as listed in the Supplementary Information and concentrated on minelute columns (Qiagen). sgRNA was transcribed with the HiScribe T7 High Yield RNA Synthesis Kit (New England Biolabs) at 16° C. for 14-16 h with 1 μg of linear template per 20 μL reaction. sgRNA was purified using the MEGAClear Transcription Clean Up Kit (Thermo Fisher), according to the manufacturer's instructions. Purified sgRNAs were stored in aliquots at −80° C.
- Sequences of DNA oligonucleotides used as templates for the in vitro deamination assay are shown in
Supplementary Note 3. All oligonucleotides were purchased from IDT. Single-stranded oligonucleotides synthesized with complementary sequences were combined (5 μL, of a 100 μM solution) in Tris buffer pH 8.0 and annealed by heating to 95° C. for 5 min, followed by a gradual cooling to 37° C. at a rate of 0.1° C. second−1 to generate 79 base pair (bp) dsDNA substrates. Freshly thawed base-editor proteins (2 μM final concentration in a 10 μL reaction volume) were complexed with the indicated sgRNA (2.2 μM final concentration) in Reaction Buffer (20 mM HEPES pH 7.5, 150 mM KCl, 0.5 mM DTT, 0.1 mM EDTA, 10 mM MgCl2)37 for five minutes at room temperature. Annealed dsDNA substrates were then added to a final concentration of 250 nM. The reaction proceeded for 30 min at 37° C. before protein denaturation was performed by heating for 5 min at 99° C. Addition of PB buffer (Qiagen, 100 μL) and isopropanol (25 μL) ensured protein was dissociated from the substrate DNA. DNA was purified with Minelute columns (Qiagen) and the resulting products amplified to the top of the linear range with 15 cycles of qPCR (12 ng input DNA, 50 μL reaction volume) using a U-tolerant polymerase (Phusion U Hot Start, ThermoFisher) and primers as listed in the Supplementary Information. Amplified DNA was purified using RapidTip2 (Diffinity Genomics) and barcoded with a second round of PCR (8 cycles, 5 ng input) before being prepared for sequencing on an Illumina MiSeq as described below. - Genomic DNA was isolated using Agencourt DNAdvance Genomic DNA Isolation Kit (Beckman Coulter) according to the manufacturer's instructions. For the first PCR, DNA was amplified to the top of the linear range using Q5 Hot Start DNA Polymerase (NEB), according to the manufacturer's instructions but with the addition of 3% DMSO and SYBR Gold Nucleic Acid Stain (Thermo Fisher). For all amplicons, the PCR protocol used was an initial heating step of 2 min at 98° C. followed by an optimized number of amplification cycles (12 s at 98° C., 25 s at 61° C., 30 s at 72° C.). For zebrafish and for transfected cell samples, 30 ng of input DNA was used in a 50 μL reaction, for
cochlear samples 20 ng was used in a 25 μL reaction. qPCR was performed to determine the optimal cycle number for each amplicon. Amplified DNA was purified using RapidTip2 (Diffinity Genomics) and barcoded with a further PCR (8 cycles, 5 ng input). The unique forward and reverse primers used in the first-round PCR contained aconstant region 5′ to the annealing region, (forward: 5′-ACACTCTTTCCCTACACGACGCTCTTCCGATCTNNNN-3′ (SEQ ID NO: 502), reverse: 5′-TGGAGTTCAGACGTGTGCTCTTCCGATCT-3′(SEQ ID NO: 503)) which facilitated binding of barcoding primers to amplified DNA for a second-round PCR. - The second-round PCR used primers with three regions: a 5′ constant region allowing the amplicon to bind to the Illumina flow cell (italicized), an 8-base barcoding region (X), and a 3′ constant region allowing the barcoding primer to bind to the first-round PCR amplicon (in bold). Examples of primer sequences are:
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forward: (SEQ ID NO: 504) 5′-AATGATACGGCGACCACCGAGATCTACACXXXXXXXXACACTCTTTC CCTACACGAC-3′ reverse: (SEQ ID NO: 505) 5′-CAAGCAGAAGACGGCATACGAGATXXXXXXXGTGACTGGAGTTCAGA CGTGTGCTCTTC-3′ - Sequencing adapters and dual-barcoding sequences are based on the TruSeq Indexing Adapters (Illumina). Barcoded samples were pooled and purified by gel extraction (Qiagen), and then purified using Ampure beads (Beckman Coulter) before quantification using the Qubit dsDNA HS Kit (Thermo Fisher) and qPCR (KAPA BioSystems) according to the manufacturer's instructions. Sequencing of pooled samples was performed using a single-end read from 180-250 bases (depending on the amplicon size) on the MiSeq (I lumina) according to the manufacturer's instructions.
- Sequences of oligonucleotides used for PCR amplification are shown in
Supplementary Note 3. All oligonucleotides were obtained from IDT. The optimized number of PCR cycles for each amplicon in this study are as follows:VEGFA site 2 human genomic DNA (annealing temperature was 61° C. for 25 seconds for all extension steps): on-target: 29 cycles, off-target #1: 32 cycles, off-target #2: 28 cycles, off-target #3: 27 cycles, off-target #4: 27 cycles,VEGFA site 2 murine genomic DNA: on-target: 31 cycles, off-targets # 1, #2, #3 and #4: 31 cycles. HEK293 site 3: off-targets #1: 29 cycles, off-target #2: 28 cycles, off-target #3: 28 cycles. FANCF off-target #1: 29 cycles, off-target #2: 28 cycles, off-target 3: 28 cycles. EMX1 off-targets # 1, #2 and #3: 28 cycles. TYR1, TYR2 and TYR3 sgRNAs for amplification of zebrafish DNA: 32 cycles. Optimized protocols for the on-target amplification of the EMX1, FANCF, andHEK293 site 3 loci were followed as previously described14. - Sequencing reads were analyzed as previously described14. In brief, sequencing reads were demultiplexed using MiSeq Reporter (Illumina), and individual FASTQ files were analyzed with a previously reported custom Matlab script14. Reads were aligned to the reference sequence using the Smith-Waterman algorithm. Base calls with Q-scores below 30 were replaced with a placeholder nucleotide (N). This quality threshold results in nucleotide frequencies with an expected error rate of 1 in 1,000. Indel frequencies were quantified with a previously published custom Matlab script which counts indels which occurring in a 30-base window around the nCas9 cleavage site and are a minimum of 2-base insertions or deletions14. Indels were defined as detectable if there was a significant difference (Student's two-tailed t-test, p<0.05) between indel formation in the treated sample and untreated control.
- For one of the sequenced amplicons, CFD off-
target # 3, associated withVEGFA site 2 sgRNA in the murine genome, it was not possible to accurately measure indel formation. The protospacer at this locus is directly preceded by 12 guanine bases, which makes PCR and high-throughput sequencing of this site prone to random insertion or deletions; deletion rates as high as 20% of sequencing reads were observed in multiple independent untreated control samples. Since no significant base editing was detected at this off-target locus under any treatment conditions (FIGS. 132 and 133 ), it is suspected that indel formation is also negligible at this locus. - A phred.II Q30 score corresponds to an estimated 99.9% accuracy in basecalling38. A 0.1% probability of incorrect base calling at a given position corresponds to a lower limit for base calling of 0.1/4=0.025% if it is assumed base call errors are randomly distributed across the four bases. C→T editing percentages that fell beneath this threshold were classified as undetectable. Spontaneous deamination39 or polymerase error during PCR can also introduce artefactual C→T edits. In order to distinguish base editor-induced C→T editing from artefactual C→T editing rates, untreated control cells were sequenced for each amplicon and it was calculated whether the C→T editing under a particular condition was statistically significant using the Student's two-tailed t-test with p<0.05 as the threshold. Off-target sites with statistically significant editing rates >0.025% were considered measureable. The number of aligned and quality filtered reads for each sample has been included in Table 17.
- Unless otherwise noted, mean values cited throughout the main text are representative of n≥3 independent biological replicates and the mean±standard deviation has been stated.
- The statistical analysis of the high-throughput sequencing data displayed in
FIGS. 2 and 3 was performed by comparing on- and off-target editing percentages in treated samples to any editing measured in a negative control sample (untreated). The Student's two-tailed t test was used, and individual p-values are shown in Table 16. *p≤0.05, **p≤0.01 and ***p≤0.001. When editing was below the detection limit (0.025%), significance was not calculated; all untreated control samples showed undetectable editing. - For
FIG. 128A , mean on-target base editing was calculated by averaging editing of cytosines in the base editing activity window (C4-C8 forHEK293 site 3 and EMX1, C4-C9 for FANCF and VEGFA site 2). - To account for sgRNA-dependent differences in base editing activity, the a base editing:indel ratio was calculated (
FIG. 130B ). This ratio was generated by dividing the percentage of HTS reads with a C→T conversion (averaged across the base editing window for each site) by the percentage of HTS reads containing an indel. As described above, if the off-target editing for a particular locus was below the limit of detection it was conservatively assumed the estimated upper bound of the detection method (0.025%) for the purpose of calculating specificity ratios. - Sequencing reads were automatically demultiplexed using MiSeq Reporter (Illumina.). Quality filtering was performed using the online package usegalaxy.org40. Individual bases with an Illumina quality score less than or equal to 30 were converted to the placeholder nucleotide ‘N’ using FASTQ Groomer followed by FASTA Masker41. The resulting quality-filtered FASTQ files were subsequently analysed with a custom python script provided in
Supplementary Note 1. Sequencing reads were scanned for exact matches to two 14-base sequences that flank both sides of the target DNA sequence. If no exact matches were found, the read was excluded from analysis. If both 14-base sequences were located and the length of the sequence between them was equal to the expected protospacer length (20 bases), the protospacer sequence found between the flanking regions was saved and the bases called by high-throughput sequencing at each site within the protospacer were tallied. - Both HEK293T (ATCC CRL-3216) and NIH/3T3 (ATCC CRL-1658) were maintained in Dulbecco's Modified Eagle's Medium plus GlutaMax (ThermoFisher) supplemented with 10% (v/v) fetal bovine serum (FBS), at 37° C. with 5% CO2. Cells were obtained from ATCC and were authenticated and verified to be free of mycoplasma by ATCC upon purchase.
- Plasmid Transfection of Base Editors into HEK293T Cells
- HEK293T cells were seeded on 48-well collagen-coated BioCoat plates (Corning) in antibiotic free medium and transfected at approximately 70% confluency. Unless otherwise noted, 750 ng of BE and 250 ng of sgRNA expression plasmids were transfected using 1.5 μl of Lipofectamine 2000 (Thermo Fisher) per well according to the manufacturer's protocol.
- Protein Transfection of Base Editors into HEK293T Cells
- HEK293T cells were seeded on 48-well collagen-coated BioCoat plates (Corning) in 250 μL antibiotic free medium and transfected at approximately 70% confluency. Base editor protein and was incubated with 1.1× molar excess of the necessary sgRNA at room temperature for 5 min. The complex was then incubated with 1.5 μL Lipofectamine 2000 (Thermo Fisher) and transfected according to the manufacturer's protocol for plasmid delivery. Unless otherwise noted, BE protein was added to a final concentration of 200 nM (based on a total well volume of 275 μL).
- Plasmid Transfection of Base Editors into NIH/3T3 Cells
- NIH/3T3 cells were seeded on 48-well collagen-coated BioCoat plates (Corning) in antibiotic-free DMEM medium and transfected at approximately 75% confluency. Unless otherwise noted, 600 ng of BE and 200 ng of sgRNA expression plasmids were transfected using 1.4 μL of Lipofectamine 3000 with 1 μL of P3000 reagent (Thermo Fisher) per well according to the manufacturer's protocol.
- Protein Transfection of Base Editors into NIH/3T3 Cells
- NIH/3T3 cells were seeded on 48-well collagen-coated BioCoat plates (Corning) in antibiotic free DMEM medium and transfected at approximately 75% confluency. Base editor proteins were incubated with 1.1-fold molar excess of the indicated sgRNA at 25° C. for 5 min. The complex was then incubated with 1.4 μL Lipofectamine 3000 (Thermo Fisher) and transfected according to the manufacturer's protocol for plasmid delivery. P3000 reagent was not used because its addition lead to protein precipitation and a reduction in base editing efficiency. Unless otherwise noted, BE protein was added to a final concentration of 400 nM (based on a total well volume of 275 μL).
- All animal experiments were approved by the Institutional Animal Care and the Use Committee of the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary. Intracochlear delivery was performed in P1-P2 mice of a mixed genetic background as described previously42. Mice were anesthetized by lowering body temperature before the surgical procedure. A postauricular incision was made near the right ear, and the bulla was lifted to expose the cochlea. BE3 protein (57.7 μM) was pre-complexed with the sgRNA (100 μM) in a 1:1.1 molar ratio and then mixed with Lipofectamine 2000 (Thermo Fisher) in a 1:1 volumetric ratio. The resulting solution (1.2-1.5 μL) was injected with a glass pipette (end diameter, 5 μm) through the cochlear capsule into scala media at the cochear basal turn that attached to a nanoliter micropump (WPI, UMP3+Micro4+NanoFil) at the rate of 250 nL min−1. After injection, the incision was closed and the mice were brought onto a heating pad to recover. After 3-4 days, the cochlea of mouse was dissected into the organ of Corti, stria vascularis, and modiolus. Each tissue was further micro-dissected into between 5 and 7 separate pieces and DNA extraction was performed separately for each sample, followed by high-throughput sequencing as described above. The data presented in
FIG. 132 andFIG. 134 show sequencing data resulting from extraction of one micro-dissected sample for each cochlear region. - Microinjection of BE3 Protein: Guide RNA into Zebrafish Embryo
- Zebrafish (Tuebingen strain) were maintained under standard conditions in compliance with internal regulatory review at Boston Children's Hospital. One-cell stage zebrafish embryos were injected with approximately 2 nL of BE3 protein pre-complexed with the appropriate sgRNA or an unrelated sgRNA control in a 1:1 molar ratio (4.5 μM final concentration). Four days post-fertilization, DNA was extracted from larvae as previously described43 in 50 mM NaOH for 30 minutes at 95° C. and the resulting solution was neutralized with Tris-HCl. Genomic DNA was quantified, amplified by PCR, and sequenced as described above.
- All protein gels shown were precast 4-12% polyacrylamide Bis-Tris Plus (Thermo Fisher). They were run in MOPS buffer (Thermo Fisher) at 180 V for 50 min. Samples were prepared for loading by heating to 99° C. in 100 mM DTT and 1× lithium dodecyl sulfate (LDS) Sample Buffer for denaturation (Thermo Fisher) for 10 min. Gels were stained using Instant Blue Protein Stain (Expedion) according to manufacturer's instructions.
- For cell lysate analysis, 2 mL of post-induction overnight culture was pelleted at 15,000 g before lysis in 100 μL B-PER (Thermo Fisher) according to the manufacturer's instructions.
- High-throughput sequencing data that support the findings of this study have been deposited in the NCBI Sequence Read Archive database under Accession Number SRP097884. Plasmids encoding HF-BE3 and BE3 for protein expression, as well as HF-BE3 for mammalian expression, are available from Addgene with Accession IDs 87439 (pCMV—HF-BE3), 87438 (pET42b-HF-BE3), 87437 (pET42b-BE3).
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Supplementary Note 1: Python script used to analyze quality-filtered in vitro-edited DNA. 1. from_future_import print_function 2. from_future_import division 3. 4. import Bio #This will import the BioPython suite 5. from Bio import SeqIO #Necessary to read/write sequence handles 6. from Bio.Seq import Seq 7. import os 8. import collections 9. import csv 10. 11. inputfile = “please_specify_your_input_file_here_containing_filtered_reads” #specify the filenames that contain sequences 12. filenames = [ ] 13. 14. for file in os.listdir(inputfile): 15. if file.endswith(“.fastqsanger”): 16. filenames.append(file) 17. 18. spacer = [ ] 19. list_of_filenames = [ ] 20. 21. for file in filenames: 22. site = { } 23. output = open(file + “.txt”, “w”) 24. list_of_filenames.append(file + “.txt”) #allows calling of the txt files that come from fastq files later 25. for rec in SeqIO.parse(file, “fastq”): 26. split1=rec.seq.tostring( ).split(“GTTCGCGGCGATCG”) #14- base pair constant_region_before_protospacer 27. if len(split1)>=2: 28. split2=split1[1].split(“TGGATCGCCTGGCA”) #14- base pairc constant_region_after_protospacer 29. site=split2[0] 30. if len(site)==20: 31. output.write(site + “\n”) 32. 33. BASES = ‘ATGCN’ 34. UNRECOGNIZED = ‘X’ 35. BASE_SEPERATOR = dict(zip(BASES, ‘,,,,\n’)) 36. a_index = 0 37. t_index = 1 38. g_index = 2 39. c_index = 3 40. n_index = 4 41. 42. def get_counts_by_column(base, count, library): 43. current_count = library[count] 44. if_base == ‘A’: 45. current_count[a_index] += 1 46. elif base == ‘T’: 47. current_count[t_index] += 1 48. elif base == ‘G’ 49. current_count[g_index] += 1 50. elif base == ‘C’: 51. current_count[c_index] += 1 52. elif base == ‘N’: 53. current_count[n_index] += 1 54. 55. def dna_counts(list_of_sequences, sample): 56. first_oligo = list_of_sequences[0] 57. for i in range (len(first_oligo)): 58. sample.append([0,0,0,0,0]) 59. for j in range(len(first_oligo)): 60. for i in range(len(list_of_sequences)): 61. get_counts_by_column(list_of_sequences[i][j], j, libname) 62. 63. 64. for file in list_of_filenames: 65. spacer_list = open(file).read( ).splitlines( ) 66. output2=[ ] 67. dna_counts(spacer_list, output2) 68. with open(file + “.csv”, “wb”) as f: 69. writer = csv.writer(f) 70. writer.writerows(output2) -
Supplementary Note 2: Sequences of proteins used in this study Protein sequence of expressed BE3 MGSSHHHHHHSSETGPVAVDPTLRRRIEPHEFEVFFDPRELRKETCLLYE INWGGRHSIWRHTSQNTNKHVEVNFIEKFTTERYFCPNTRCSITWFLSWS PCGECSRAITEFLSRYPHVTLFIYIARLYHHADPRNRQGLRDLISSGVTI QIMTEQESGYCWRNFVNYSPSNEAHWPRYPHLWVRLYVLELYCIILGLPP CLNILRRKQPQLTFFTIALQSCHYQRLPPHILWATGLKSGSETPGTSESA TPESDKKYSIGLAIGTNSVGWAVITDEYKVPSKKFKVLGNTDRHSIKKNL IGALLFDSGETAEATRLKRTARRRYTRRKNRICYLQEIFSNEMAKVDDSF FHRLEESFLVEEDKKHERHPIFGNIVDEVAYHEKYPTIYHLRKKLVDSTD KADLRLIYLALAHMIKFRGHFLIEGDLNPDNSDVDKLFIQLVQTYNQLFE ENPINASGVDAKAILSARLSKSRRLENLIAQLPGEKKNGLFGNLIALSLG LTPNFKSNFDLAEDAKLQLSKDTYDDDLDNLLAQIGDQYADLFLAAKNLS DAILLSDILRVNTEITKAPLSASMIKRYDEHHQDLTLLKALVRQQLPEKY KEIFFDQSKNGYAGYIDGGASQEEFYKFIKPILEKMDGTEELLVKLNRED LLRKQRTFDNGSIPHQIHLGELHAILRRQEDFYPFLKDNREKIEKILTFR IPYYVGPLARGNSRFAWMTRKSEETITPWNFEEVVDKGASAQSFIERMTN FDKNLPNEKVLPKHSLLYEYFTVYNELTKVKYVTEGMRKPAFLSGEQKKA IVDLLFKTNRKVTVKQLKEDYFKKIECFDSVEISGVEDRFNASLGTYHDL LKIIKDKDFLDNEENEDILEDIVLTLTLFEDREMIEERLKTYAHLFDDKV MKQLKRRRYTGWGRLSRKLINGIRDKQSGKTILDFLKSDGFANRNFMQLI HDDSLTFKEDIQKAQVSGQGDSLHEHIANLAGSPAIKKGILQTVKVVDEL VKVMGRHKPENIVIEMARENQTTQKGQKNSRERMKRIEEGIKELGSQILK EHPVENTQLQNEKLYLYYLQNGRDMYVDQELDINRLSDYDVDHIVPQSFL KDDSIDNKVLTRSDKNRGKSDNVPSEEVVKKMKNYWRQLLNAKLITQRKF DNLTKAERGGLSELDKAGFIKRQLVETRQITKHVAQILDSRMNTKYDEND KLIREVKVITLKSKLVSDFRKDFQFYKVREINNYHHAHDAYLNAVVGTAL IKKYPKLESEFVYGDYKVYDVRKMIAKSEQEIGKATAKYFFYSNIMNFFK TEITLANGEIRKRPLIETNGETGEIVWDKGRDFATVRKVLSMPQVNIVKK TEVQTGGFSKESILPKRNSDKLIARKKDWDPKKYGGFDSPTVAYSVLVVA KVEKGKSKKLKSVKELLGITIMERSSFEKNPIDFLEAKGYKEVKKDLIIK LPKYSLFELENGRKRMLASAGELQKGNELALPSKYVNFLYLASHYEKLKG SPEDNEQKQLFVEQHKHYLDEIIEQISEFSKRVILADANLDKVLSAYNKH RDKPIREQAENIIHLFTLTNLGAPAAFKYFDTTIDRKRYTSTKEVLDATL IHQSITGLYETRIDLSQLGGDSGGSTNLSDIIEKETGKQLVIQESILMLP EEVEEVIGNKPESDILVHTAYDESTDENVMLLTSDAPEYKPWALVIQDSN GENKIKMLSGGSPKKKRKV (SEQ ID NO: 185) Protein sequence of expressed HF-BE3 MGSSHHHHHHSSETGPVAVDPTLRRRIEPHEFEVFFDPRELRKETCLLYE INWGGRHSIWRHTSQNTNKHVEVNFIEKFTTERYFCPNTRCSITWFLSWS PCGECSRAITEFLSRYPHVTLFIYIARLYHHADPRNRQGLRDLISSGVTI QIMTEQESGYCWRNFVNYSPSNEAHWPRYPHLWVRLYVLELYCIILGLPP CLNILRRKQPQLTFFTIALQSCHYQRLPPHILWATGLKSGSETPGTSESA TPESDKKYSIGLAIGTNSVGWAVITDEYKVPSKKFKVLGNTDRHSIKKNL IGALLFDSGETAEATRLKRTARRRYTRRKNRICYLQEIFSNEMAKVDDSF FHRLEESFLVEEDKKHERHPIFGNIVDEVAYHEKYPTIYHLRKKLVDSTD KADLRLIYLALAHMIKFRGHFLIEGDLNPDNSDVDKLFIQLVQTYNQLFE ENPINASGVDAKAILSARLSKSRRLENLIAQLPGEKKNGLFGNLIALSLG LTPNFKSNFDLAEDAKLQLSKDTYDDDLDNLLAQIGDQYADLFLAAKNLS DAILLSDILRVNTEITKAPLSASMIKRYDEHHQDLTLLKALVRQQLPEKY KEIFFDQSKNGYAGYIDGGASQEEFYKFIKPILEKMDGTEELLVKLNRED LLRKQRTFDNGSIPHQIHLGELHAILRRQEDFYPFLKDNREKIEKILTFR IPYYVGPLARGNSRFAWMTRKSEETITPWNFEEVVDKGASAQSFIERMTA FDKNLPNEKVLPKHSLLYEYFTVYNELTKVKYVTEGMRKPAFLSGEQKKA IVDLLFKTNRKVTVKQLKEDYFKKIECFDSVEISGVEDRFNASLGTYHDL LKIIKDKDFLDNEENEDILEDIVLTLTLFEDREMIEERLKTYAHLFDDKV MKQLKRRRYTGWGALSRKLINGIRDKQSGKTILDFLKSDGFANRNFMALI HDDSLTFKEDIQKAQVSGQGDSLHEHIANLAGSPAIKKGILQTVKVVDEL VKVMGRHKPENIVIEMARENQTTQKGQKNSRERMKRIEEGIKELGSQILK EHPVENTQLQNEKLYLYYLQNGRDMYVDQELDINRLSDYDVDHIVPQSFL KDDSIDNKVLTRSDKNRGKSDNVPSEEVVKKMKNYVVRQLLNAKLITQRK FDNLTKAERGGLSELDKAGFIKRQLVETRAITKHVAQILDSRMNTKYDEN DKLIREVKVITLKSKLVSDFRKDFQFYKVREINNYHHAHDAYLNAVVGTA LIKKYPKLESEFVYGDYKVYDVRKMIAKSEQEIGKATAKYFFYSNIMNFF KTEITLANGEIRKRPLIETNGETGEIVWDKGRDFATVRKVLSMPQVNIVK KTEVQTGGFSKESILPKRNSDKLIARKKDWDPKKYGGFDSPTVAYSVLVV AKVEKGKSKKLKSVKELLGITIMERSSFEKNPIDFLEAKGYKEVKKDLII KLPKYSLFELENGRKRMLASAGELQKGNELALPSKYVNFLYLASHYEKLK GSPEDNEQKQLFVEQHKHYLDEIIEQISEFSKRVILADANLDKVLSAYNK HRDKPIREQAENIIHLFTLTNLGAPAAFKYFDTTIDRKRYTSTKEVLDAT LIHQSITGLYETRIDLSQLGGDSGGSTNLSDIIEKETGKQLVIQESILML PEEVEEVIGNKPESDILVHTAYDESTDENVMLLTSDAPEYKPWALVIQDS NGENKIKMLSGGSPKKKRKV (SEQ ID NO: 186) -
Supplementary Note 3: Sequences of oligonucleotides used in the present study Unpublished Primers used to amplify off target genomic DNA for HTS in human cells (SEQ ID NOS: 506-513) fwd_VEGFA_site2_off_target_1_human ACACTCTTTCCCTACACGACGCTCTTCCGATCTNNNNTCCTACAAGTAACAGTCCAAGAA rev_VEGFA_site2_off_target_1_human TGGAGTTCAGACGTGTGCTCTTCCGATCTTTCTGCAACTTAACTTACGTGAAA fwd_VEGFA_site2_off_target_2_human ACACTCTTTCCCTACACGACGCTCTTCCGATCTNNNNACCAAGCCCATTTGTCCAGG rev_VEGFA_site2_off_target_2_human TGGAGTTCAGACGTGTGCTCTTCCGATCTTCCTTCTTTTTGAGCTTTGGGC fwd_VEGFA_site2_off_target_3_human ACACTCTTTCCCTACACGACGCTCTTCCGATCTNNNNTCCATACCAGCAGCAGTTCC rev_VEGFA_site2_off_target_3_human TGGAGTTCAGACGTGTGCTCTTCCGATCTCTCACCTCAGCTCCTGCAC fwd_VEGFA_site2_off_target_4_human ACACTCTTTCCCTACACGACGCTCTTCCGATCTNNNNCCCACTGATTCTACACCATGGT rev_VEGFA_site2_off_target_4_human TGGAGTTCAGACGTGTGCTCTTCCGATCTGGAGTTCCCAACCTTTTTGACA Other primers (for off target sites associated with HEK_3, EMX1, FANCF) were previously published Primers used to amplify off target genomic DNA for HTS in murine cells (SEQ ID NOS: 514-521) fwd_VEGFA_site2_off_target_1_murine ACACTCTTTCCCTACACGACGCTCTTCCGATCTNNNNCTGGCTGGAGATTCAGAGACAC rev_VEGFA_site2_off_target_1_murine TGGAGTTCAGACGTGTGCTCTTCCGATCTCTGCCCCTTCTGACACACATAC fwd_VEGFA_site2_off_target_2_murine ACACTCTTTCCCTACACGACGCTCTTCCGATCTNNNNACCCCTCAAGGCTTGACATTTC rev_VEGFA_site2_off_target_2_murine TGGAGTTCAGACGTGTGCTCTTCCGATCTTGAAAAGTTGGGAGAGGGGATG fwd_VEGFA_site2_off_target_3_murine ACACTCTTTCCCTACACGACGCTCTTCCGATCTNNNNTTTGTACCCCAGTCCCCTCATC rev_VEGFA_site2_off_target_3_murine TGGAGTTCAGACGTGTGCTCTTCCGATCTTGAAGTTACGGGGATGTCACTTG fwd_VEGFA_site2_off_target_4_murine ACACTCTTTCCCTACACGACGCTCTTCCGATCTNNNNTTAACATCCAGTCTCCCAAACACA rev_VEGFA_site2_off_target_4_murine TGGAGTTCAGACGTGTGCTCTTCCGATCTACACACACACACTACTAGGACA Primers used to amplify on target genomic DNA for HTS in murine cells (SEQ ID NOS: 522-523) fwd_VEGFA_site2_on_target_murine ACACTCTTTCCCTACACGACGCTCTTCCGATCTNNNNCGCTACTACGGAGCGAGAAG rev_VEGFA_site2_on_target_murine TGGAGTTCAGACGTGTGCTCTTCCGATCTACAGGGGCAAAGTGAGTGAC Primers used for generating PCR products to serve as substrates for T7 transcription of sgRNAs (SEQ ID NOS: 524-529) rev_sgRNA_T7: used in all cases AAAAAAAGCACCGACTCGGTGCCAC fwd_sgRNA_T7_EMX1 TAATACGACTCACTATAGGGAGTCCGAGCAGAAGAAGAAGTTTTAGAGCTAGAAATAGCA fwd_sgRNA_T7_FANCF TAATACGACTCACTATAGGGGAATCCCTTCTGCAGCACCGTTTTAGAGCTAGAAATAGCA fwd_sgRNA_T7_HEK_site_3 TAATACGACTCACTATAGGGGCCCAGACTGAGCACGTGAGTTTTAGAGCTAGAAATAGCA fwd_sgRNA_T7_VEGFA_site_2 TAATACGACTCACTATAG GACCCCCTCCACCCCGCCTCGTTTTAGAGCTAGAAATAGCA fwd_sgRNA_T7_TC_repeat_in_vitro TAATACGACTCACTATAGGTCTCTCTCTCTCTCTCTCTCGTTTTAGAGCTAGAAATAGCA Primers used for generating sgRNA transfection glasmids (SEQ ID NOS: 530-531) The pFYF1320 plasmid was used as template as previously described (Komor et al). The sequence of other sgRNA plasmids was previously reported rev_sgRNA_plasmid GGTGTTTCGTCCTTTCCACAAG fwd_VEGFA_site_2 GACCCCCTCCACCCCGCCTCGTTTTAGAGCTAGAAATAGCAAGTTAAAATAAGGC Sequences of ssDNA substrates used in in vitro deaminase assays (SEQ ID NOS: 532-533) fwd_TC_repeat_substrate ACGTAAACGGCCACAAGTTCGCGGCGATCGTCTCTCTCTCTCTCTCTCTCTGGATCGCCTGGCATCT TCTTCAAGGACG rev_TC_repeat_substrate CGTCCTTGAAGAAGATGCCAGGCGATCCAGAGAGAGAGAGAGAGAGAGACGATCGCCGCGAACTTGT GGCCGTTTACGT Previously published primers used to amplify off target genomic DNA for HTS in human cells (SEQ ID NOS: 534-557) fwd_EMX1_HTS ACACTCTTTCCCTACACGACGCTCTTCCGATCTNNNNCAGCTCAGCCTGAGTGTTGA rev_EMX1_HTS TGGAGTTCAGACGTGTGCTCTTCCGATCTCTCGTGGGTTTGTGGTTGC fwd_FANCF_HTS ACACTCTTTCCCTACACGACGCTCTTCCGATCTNNNNCATTGCAGAGAGGCGTATCA rev_FANCF_HTS TGGAGTTCAGACGTGTGCTCTTCCGATCTGGGGTCCCAGGTGCTGAC fwd_HEK293_site3_HTS ACACTCTTTCCCTACACGACGCTCTTCCGATCTNNNNATGTGGGCTGCCTAGAAAGG rev_HEK293_site3_HTS TGGAGTTCAGACGTGTGCTCTTCCGATCTCCCAGCCAAACTTGTCAACC fwd_EMX1_off1_HTS ACACTCTTTCCCTACACGACGCTCTTCCGATCTNNNNAGTAGCCTCTTTCTCAATGTGC rev_EMX1_off1_HTS TGGAGTTCAGACGTGTGCTCTTCCGATCTGCTTTCACAAGGATGCAGTCT fwd_EMX1_off2_HTS ACACTCTTTCCCTACACGACGCTCTTCCGATCTNNNNGAGCTAGACTCCGAGGGGA rev_EMX1_off2_HTS TGGAGTTCAGACGTGTGCTCTTCCGATCTTCCTCGTCCTGCTCTCACTT fwd_EMX1_off3_HTS ACACTCTTTCCCTACACGACGCTCTTCCGATCTNNNNAGAGGCTGAAGAGGAAGACCA rev_EMX1_off3_HTS TGGAGTTCAGACGTGTGCTCTTCCGATCTGGCCCAGCTGTGCATTCTAT fwd_FANCF_off1_HTS ACACTCTTTCCCTACACGACGCTCTTCCGATCTNNNNAACCCACTGAAGAAGCAGGG rev_FANCF_off1_HTS TGGAGTTCAGACGTGTGCTCTTCCGATCTGGTGCTTAATCCGGCTCCAT fwd_FANCF_off2_HTS ACACTCTTTCCCTACACGACGCTCTTCCGATCTNNNNTCCAGTGTTTCCATCCCGAA rev_FANCF_off2_HTS TGGAGTTCAGACGTGTGCTCTTCCGATCTCCTCTGACCTCCACAACTCT fwd_FANCF_off3_HTS ACACTCTTTCCCTACACGACGCTCTTCCGATCTNNNNCTGGGTACAGTTCTGCGTGT rev_FANCF_off3_HTS TGGAGTTCAGACGTGTGCTCTTCCGATCTTCACTCTGAGCATCGCCAAG fwd_HEK293_site3_off1_HTS ACACTCTTTCCCTACACGACGCTCTTCCGATCTNNNNTCCCCTGTTGACCTGGAGAA rev_HEK293_site3_off1_HTS TGGAGTTCAGACGTGTGCTCTTCCGATCTCACTGTACTTGCCCTGACCA fwd_HEK293_site3_off2_HTS ACACTCTTTCCCTACACGACGCTCTTCCGATCTNNNNTTGGTGTTGACAGGGAGCAA rev_HEK293_site3_off2_HTS TGGAGTTCAGACGTGTGCTCTTCCGATCTCTGAGATGTGGGCAGAAGGG fwd_HEK293_site3_off3_HTS ACACTCTTTCCCTACACGACGCTCTTCCGATCTNNNNTGAGAGGGAACAGAAGGGCT rev_HEK293_site3_off3_HTS TGGAGTTCAGACGTGTGCTCTTCCGATCTGTCCAAAGGCCCAAGAACCT Primers used to amplify on target genomic DNA for HTS in zebrafish (SEQ ID NOS: 558-563) fwd_TYR1_zebrafish ACACTCTTTCCCTACACGACGCTCTTCCGATCTNNNNGTTCCCCCGAGTCTGCACCT rev_TYR1_zebrafish TGGAGTTCAGACGTGTGCTCTTCCGATCTCGAACTTGCATTCGCCGCAA fwd_TYR2_zebrafish ACACTCTTTCCCTACACGACGCTCTTCCGATCTNNNNTTCTGCCTTGGCATCGGGTG rev_TYR2_zebrafish TGGAGTTCAGACGTGTGCTCTTCCGATCTCACCATACCGCCCCTAGAACTAACATTC fwd_TYR3_zebrafish ACACTCTTTCCCTACACGACGCTCTTCCGATCTNNNNACAACTGCTTTCCATGGTGTGT rev_TYR3_zebrafish TGGAGTTCAGACGTGTGCTCTTCCGATCTTCCCAGGGCTTTCGTGGAGA Site Sequence SEQ ID NO TYR1 GTC3AGGTC8GAGGGTTCTGTCAGG 564 TYR2 CTTC4C5AGGATGAGAACACAGAGG 565 TYR3 CAAC4C5AC7TGCTCAAAGATGCTGG 566
Supplementary Table 1. Protospacer and PAM sequences for the zebrafish genomic loci studied in this work. - Base editing is the programmable conversion of target C:G base pairs to T:A base pairs without inducing double-stranded DNA breaks or requiring homology-directed repair using engineered fusions of Cas9 variants and cytidine deaminases (1). The third-generation base editor (BE3) and related technologies have been successfully used by many researchers in a wide range of organisms (2-13). The product distribution of base editing—the frequency with which the target C:G base pair is converted to mixtures of undesired byproducts, along with the desired T:A product—varies in a target site-dependent manner (2, 3, 6-8). Here we characterize determinants of base editing outcomes in human cells, and establish that the formation of undesired products is dependent on uracil N-glycosylase (UNG), and is more likely to occur at target sites containing only a single C within the base editing activity window. The constructs CDA1-BE3 and AID-BE3, which use cytidine deaminase homologs that increase base editing efficiency for some sequences, were engineered. Additionally, a fourth-generation S. pyogenes Cas9-derived base editor (BE4) that more efficiently blocks access of UNG to base-edited intermediates was also engineered. Compared with BE3, BE4 increases by approximately 50% the efficiency of C:G to T:A base editing, while halving the frequency of undesired byproducts. These improvements were also applied to yield a S. aureus Cas9-derived BE4 (SaBE4), which is substantially smaller than BE4 and has an alternative targeting scope.
- Traditional genome editing methods introduce a double-stranded DNA break (DSB) at a genomic target locus (14). The cellular response to a DSB lesion primarily proceeds through nonhomologous end joining (NHEJ) and related processes (15). Although NHEJ usually rejoins the two ends flanking the DSB, under typical genome editing conditions DSBs are continuously reintroduced, eventually resulting in the accumulation of insertions and deletions (indels) or translocations at the site of the DSB and disruption of the corresponding genomic locus (16). Actively dividing cells can also respond to DSBs by initiating homology-directed repair (HDR) in the presence of a donor DNA template containing homology to the regions surrounding the DSB, which allows researchers to more precisely and predictably manipulate genomes than is possible through NHEJ (17). HDR-dependent genome editing is limited by low efficiency arising from competition with NHEJ outcomes, and from the dependence of HDR on mitosis (18).
- The development of base editing, which enables the direct, irreversible conversion of a C:G base pair to a T:A base pair in a programmable manner without requiring HDR or the introduction of a DSB, has been reported (1). Base editors consist of a single-stranded DNA-specific cytidine deaminase enzyme tethered to a catalytically impaired Cas9 protein and a base excision repair inhibitor (1, 4, 9, 10). The Cas9 variant binds a genomic locus of interest, programmed by a corresponding guide RNA. Formation of the protein:RNA:DNA ternary “R-loop” complex (19) exposes a small (˜5-nt) window of single-stranded DNA that serves as a substrate for the tethered cytidine deaminase enzyme. Any cytidines within this window are hydrolytically deaminated to uracils, resulting in G:U intermediates.
- Base excision repair (BER) is the cell's primary response to G:U mismatches and is initiated by excision of the uracil by uracil N-glycosylase (UNG)(20). In an effort to protect the edited G:U intermediate from excision by UNG, an 83-amino acid uracil glycosylase inhibitor (UGI) was fused directly to the C-terminus of catalytically dead Cas9 (dCas9) (1). To manipulate cellular DNA mismatch repair systems into preferentially replacing the G in the G:U mismatch with an A, the Ala 840 amino acid in dCas9 was reverted to His, enabling the Cas9 protein to nick the DNA strand opposite the newly formed uracil, resulting in much more efficient conversion of the G:U intermediate to desired A:U and A:T products (1). Combining these two engineering efforts resulted in BE3, a single protein consisting of a three-part fusion of the APOBEC1 cytidine deaminase enzyme tethered through a 16-amino acid linker to S. pyogenes dCas9(A840H), which is covalently linked to UGI through a 4-amino acid linker(1). BE3 and related base editors have now been employed for a wide variety of applications including plant genome editing, in vivo mammalian genome editing, targeted mutagenesis, and knockout studies (2-13). The scope of base editing has been recenelty expanded by reporting BE3 variants with altered PAM requirements (4), narrowed editing windows (4), reduced off-target editing (10), and small molecule dependence (21).
- At some loci, base editors such as BE3 give rise to undesired byproducts in which the target C:G base pair is converted into a G:C or A:T base pair, rather than the desired T:A product (2, 3, 6-8). Here we illuminate determinants of base editing product purity, and establish that UNG activity is required for the formation of undesired byproducts. It has been determined that blocking UNG access to the uracil intermediate is especially crucial for target loci in which a single C is within the editing window in order to minimize undesired products. Fourth-generation base editors, BE4 and SaBE4, that perform base editing with higher efficiency and greatly improved product purity compared to previously described base editors including BE3 were engineered.
- Undesired base editing byproducts may arise during base excision repair due to the formation and error-prone resolution of abasic sites within the uracil-containing DNA strand. To determine if the product purity of base editing in cells lacking uracile N-glycosylase (UNG) improves, HAP1 cells (a haploid human cell line) and HAP1 UNG− cells were nucelofected with plasmids encoding BE3 and sgRNAs targeting the EMX1, FANCF, HEK2, HEK3, HEK4, or RNF2 loci (see
FIG. 135B for target sequences). Three days post-nucleofection, genomic DNA was extracted and the target loci were amplified by PCR and analyzed by high-throughput DNA sequencing (HTS). Base editing product purity is defined as the percent of edited sequencing reads (reads in which the target C has been converted to A, G, or T) in which the target C is edited to a T. The base editing product purity of BE3-treated HAP1 cells averaged 68±6% (mean±S.D. for n=3 biological replicates) across 12 target Cs in the six loci. In HAP1 UNG− cells, all 12 target Cs tested were base edited with product purities >98% (FIG. 135A ). In addition, indel frequencies at all six tested loci decreased 7- to 100-fold upon UNG knockout (FIG. 135C ). These data strongly implicate UNG activity as necessary for undesired product formation during base editing, consistent with a model in which abasic site formation and subsequent base excision repair with error-prone polymerases leads to randomization of the target nucleotide and occasional strand breaks that result in indels. - Targets with Multiple Editable Cs Exhibit Higher Product Purity
- Base editing efficiency by BE3 can be lower for some (but not all) target Cs that are immediately downstream of a G (1), consistent with the known sequence preference of APOBEC1 (22) (
FIG. 136A ). In an effort to efficiently edit such targets, BE3 variants in which replaced the APOBEC1 deaminase was replaced with CDA1 (to generate CDA1-BE3), AID (to generate AID-BE3), or APOBEC3G (to generate APOBEC3G-BE3), three single-stranded DNA-specific cytidine deaminase enzymes with different sequence preferences, were generated (23). HEK293T cells were transfected with plasmids encoding these BE3 variants and sgRNAs targeting the EMX1, FANCF, HEK2, HEK3, HEK4, or RNF2 loci. Three days post-transfection, genomic DNA was extracted and the target loci were amplified by PCR and assessed for base editing using HTS. More efficient editing of target Cs that immediately follow a G was observed with CDA1-BE3 and AID-BE3 compared to BE3 (FIG. 136A ,FIGS. 140A-D , andFIGS. 146-151 ). In general, CDA1-BE3 and AID-BE3 exhibited lower editing efficiencies than BE3 at target Cs that do not follow a G (FIGS. 140A-D ). In contrast, APOBEC3G-BE3 exhibited unpredictable sequence preferences, with overall lower yields of C-to-T editing compared to BE3. These findings suggest that CDA1-BE3 and AID-BE3 may offer higher editing efficiencies over BE3 for sometarget 5′-GC-3′ sequences. - While analyzing these data, it was noted that the product purities of CDA1-BE3 and AID-BE3 were typically higher than those of BE3 at those sites for which CDA1-BE3 and AID-BE3 edited more Cs than BE3 (
FIGS. 136A-D ). For example, at the HEK4 locus, BE3 edits only a single C efficiently (the C not preceded by a G) but both CDA1-BE3 and AID-BE3 edit three Cs (FIGS. 140A-C ). The product purity of BE3 at this locus is 50±7% (mean±S.D. for n=3 biological replicates), while the product purity of CDA1-BE3 and AID-BE3 are 97±2% and 93±2%, respectively. Moreover, EMX1 and FANCF, edited by BE3 with product purities of 84±3% and 91±2%, respectively, contain multiple Cs that are edited with comparable efficiency (Figure S2), while HEK2 and RNF2, edited by BE3 with much lower product purities of 28±3% and 64±3%, respectively, contain multiple Cs that are edited with unequal efficiencies (FIGS. 141A-C ). CDA1-BE3 and AID-BE3, which edit both Cs within the HEK2 locus with comparable efficiencies, exhibit much higher product purities at this locus (85±5% and 81±4%, respectively) (FIGS. 136A-D andFIG. 140C ). The possibility that at the HEK2 and RNF2 sites the multiple Cs are initially converted to Us by BE3 with comparable efficiency and then processed with different efficiencies by DNA repair systems was ruled out. Given this, similar product distributions would be expected when these sites were treated with BE3 versus CDA1-BE3 or AID-BE3, rather than the different product distributions observed (FIG. 136B andFIGS. 146-151 ). Instead, an isolated G:U may be more readily processed by UNG than clusters of G:U lesions. It is possible that the processivity of the cytidine deaminase domain in BE3 (1, 24) may increase the residence time of BE3 at loci containing multiple editable Cs, thereby blocking access by UNG more effectively than at loci containing a single editable C. - The relationship between product purity, the number of edited Cs in individual sequencing reads, and UNG activity was further analyzed. To reveal the fate of base edited DNA in the absence of explicit UNG inhibition, the UGI component of BE3 was removed to generate BE3B. HEK293T cells were transfected with plasmids encoding BE3 or BE3B and sgRNAs targeting the EMX1, FANCF, HEK2, HEK3, HEK4, or RNF2 loci. As expected given the role of UNG in diversifying base editing outcomes established above, the product purities at all target Cs greatly decreased in BE3B-treated DNA compared with BE3-treated DNA, with the fraction of editing products containing non-Ts increasing by an average of 1.8±0.4-fold (
FIG. 142B ). - Individual DNA sequencing reads from HEK293T cells treated with sgRNAs targeting the multi-C sites HEK2, HEK3, and RNF2 and either BE3 or BE3B were analyzed. For each site, the primary target C was designated as the nucleotide modified most efficiently. Across all three sites, an average of 80±10% of sequencing reads that contained an undesired C to non-T edit of the primary target C exhibited only that single base editing event (
FIGS. 142A-D andFIG. 143 ). In contrast, across the same three multi-C sites, a much lower average of 32±4% of sequencing reads containing a clean C-to-T edit of the primary target C exhibited only that single clean base editing event (FIGS. 142A-D andFIG. 143 ). In addition, the distribution of products for BE3B-treated HEK4 DNA, a site that contains only one C within the editing window, roughly follows the ratio of 1:3:1 for A:G:T (FIG. 143D ). These observations collectively indicate that when a single cytidine in a given target is converted to U in the absence of UGI, it is processed efficiently by UNG-initiated BER to give a mixture of products. - These data are consistent with a model in which clustered G:U mismatches are processed differently than isolated G:U mismatches, and are more likely to produce clean C-to-T edits. When only a single C-to-T editing event is desired, the above observations suggest that UNG inhibition is critical to minimize undesired byproducts. However, when performing targeted random mutagenesis using dCas9-deaminase fusions, such as with TAM(8) and CRISPR-X(2), the above observations suggest that target sites with only a single editable C will maximize product mixtures.
- The UGI component of BE3 was replaced with a single-stranded DNA binding (SSB) protein to yield SSB-BE3, such that SSB may block the uracil-containing ssDNA portion of the R-loop from being accessed by UNG. Large decreases in base editing efficiency by SSB-BE3 were observed, with all seven Cs across the four sites exhibiting an average of only 1.9±0.5% C-to-T conversion (
FIG. 137C ). - Since the relative positioning of APOBEC, UGI, and UNG during steps that determine base editing outcomes are not known, UGI was relocated to the N-terminus of BE3 (N-UGI-BE3) in an effort to improve UNG inhibition. Moving UGI to the N-terminus of BE3 resulted in an average decrease in C-to-T editing percentages across all seven tested target Cs of 2.3±0.6-fold compared to BE3 (
FIG. 137C ), and a decrease in overall product purity at all four sites compared to BE3 averaging 2.2±0.5-fold (FIG. 137B ). - In contrast, appending an additional copy of UGI to the C-terminus of BE3 (BE3-2×UGI) resulted in large increases in product purities relative to BE3 and C-to-T editing percentages comparable to those of BE3. Non-T editing products decreased an average of 2.2±0.8-fold across the four loci tested (
FIG. 137B ). These observations suggest that addition of a second copy of UGI substantially decreases the access of UNG to the G:U base editing intermediate, thereby greatly improving product purity. - Because the above experiments also revealed the sensitivity of base editing outcomes to the architecture of the components, next we optimized the linkers between BE3 components to further increase product purities and editing efficiencies. We varied the rAPOBEC1-dCas9(A840H) linker from 16 amino acids (BE3) to 32 amino acids (BE3C) and the dCas9(A840H)-UGI linker from 4 (BE3) to 9 (BE3D) to 16 amino acids (BE3E,
FIG. 138A ). Non-T product formation on average decreased 1.3±0.1-fold when the dCas9(A840H)-UGI linker was nine amino acid residues in length (BE3D) instead of four amino acids (BE3) (FIG. 138D ), with no apparent differences in C-to-T editing efficiencies (FIG. 138C ). Increasing the rAPOBEC1-dCas9(A840H) linker from 16 amino acids (BE3) to 32 amino acids (BE3C) elevated C-to-T editing efficiencies an average of 1.2±0.1-fold at the HEK2 locus (FIG. 138C ). This locus was previously the most unevenly edited multi-C site tested (FIGS. 141A-C ), and extending this linker led to a reduction in preferential editing of C6 over C4 (the ratio of the percentage of sequencing reads that are edited at C6 to that of C4) from 2.6±0.2-fold to 1.8±0.1-fold. We reasoned that this longer linker may allow the deaminase better access to the ssDNA in the R-loop and result in more uniform deamination when multiple target Cs are present in the base editing window. BE3C also exhibited comparable or improved base editing efficiencies and product purities at the other loci tested (FIGS. 138C-D ). - BE4, a C:G to T:A Base Editor with Enhanced Efficiency and Product Purity
- The base editor construct BE4 was engineered by combining all three improvements—extending the rAPOBEC1-dCas9 linker to 32 amino acids, extending the dCas9-UGI linker to 9 amino acids, and appending a second copy of UGI to the C-terminus of the construct with another 9-amino acid linker. Target-AID, an alternative base editor construct reported by Nishida et. al. (9), was also cloned into the same plasmid backbone as BE4. HEK293T cells were transfected with plasmids encoding BE3, BE4, or Target-AID and sgRNAs targeting the EMX1, FANCF, HEK2, HEK3, HEK4, or RNF2 loci. Three days post transfection, genomic DNA was extracted and the target loci were amplified by PCR and analyzed by HTS. An average increase in C-to-T editing efficiencies of 1.5±0.3-fold across all twelve edited Cs for BE4 relative to BE3 was observed (
FIG. 139C ). Although the average efficiency of C-to-T editing for Target-AID at the same positions analyzed was 1.5±0.5-fold lower than that of BE3 and 2.1±0.5-fold lower than that of BE4, it is important to note that Target-AID, which uses the CDA1 deaminase, appears to have an editing window shifted relative to BE3 and BE4, with optimal editing around positions C3 and C4 (FIG. 139C ). This shifted editing window makes comparisons of efficiency and product purity between Target-AID and BE3 or BE4 difficult because a given target C could lie in more optimal or less optimal position within the different editing windows, even when using the same guide RNA. - In addition to greater C-to-T editing efficiency, BE4 also exhibited substantially improved product purities relative to BE3 at all genomic loci tested, with an average decrease in non-T product formation of 2.3±0.3-fold (
FIG. 139D ). As expected from further impeding base excision repair, which can lead to indels (25), decreases in indel rates averaging 2.3±1.1-fold across all six loci following BE4 treatment compared to BE3 were also observed (FIGS. 144A-C ). Taken together, these results indicate that BE4 offers high efficiencies of C-to-T editing, high product purities, and low indel formation rates at all loci tested. - The BE4 improvements were integrated with S. aureus Cas9 (26) to generate SaBE4, which replaces the S. pyogenes dCas9(A840H) with the smaller S. aureus dCas9(A580N) and can access different targets due to its alternative PAM requirements. HEK293T cells were transfected with plasmids encoding SaBE3 (4) or SaBE4 and sgRNAs targeting the FANCF, HEK3, or HEK4 loci. Consistent with the results comparing BE4 and BE3, we observed an average increase in C-to-T editing efficiencies of 1.4±0.2-fold across all ten edited Cs for SaBE4 relative to SaBE3 (
FIG. 145A ), with a 1.8±0.5-fold average decrease in undesired non-T editing products (FIG. 145B ). These results indicate that the gains in base editing efficiency and product purity that arise from the BE4 enhancements also apply to base editors derived from other Cas9 homologs. - All plasmids in this study were generated by USER cloning using Phusion U Hot Start polymerase (Thermo Fisher). Deaminase and SSB genes were synthesized as gBlocks Gene Fragments (Integrated DNA Technologies), and Target-AID was obtained from Addgene (plasmid #79620). Protein sequences are listed in the Supplementary Notes.
- HEK293T (ATCC CRL-3216) cells were maintained in Dulbecco's Modified Eagle's Medium plus GlutaMax (ThermoFisher) supplemented with 10% (v/v) fetal bovine serum (FBS), at 37° C. with 5% CO2. HAP1 (Horizon Discovery C631) and HAP1 UNG− (Horizon Discovery HZGHC001531c012) were maintained in Iscove's Modified Dulbecco's Medium plus GlutaMax (ThermoFisher Scientific) supplemented with 10% (v/v) fetal bovine serum (FBS), at 37° C. with 5% CO2.
- HEK293T cells were seeded on 48-well collagen-coated BioCoat plates (Corning) and transfected at approximately 75% confluency. Briefly, 750 ng of BE and 250 ng of sgRNA expression plasmids were transfected using 1.5 μL of Lipofectamine 2000 (ThermoFisher Scientific) per well according to the manufacturer's protocol.
- HAP1 and HAP1 UNG− cells were nucleofected using the SE Cell Line 4DNucleofector™ X Kit S (Lonza) according to the manufacturer's protocol. Briefly, 4×105 cells were nucleofected with 300 ng of BE and 100 ng of sgRNA expression plasmids using the 4DNucleofector™ program DZ-113.
- Transfected cells were harvested after 3 days and the genomic DNA was isolated by incubating cells in lysis buffer (10 mM Tris-HCl pH 8.0, 0.05% SDS, 25 μg/mL proteinase K) at 37° C. for 1 hr followed by 80° C. for 30 min. Genomic regions of interest were amplified by PCR with flanking HTS primer pairs as previously described (6, 1). PCR amplification was carried out with Phusion high-fidelity DNA polymerase (ThermoFisher) according to the manufacturer's instructions and as previously described. Purified DNA was amplified by PCR with primers containing sequencing adaptors. The products were gel-purified and quantified using the QuantiT™ PicoGreen dsDNA Assay Kit (ThermoFisher) and KAPA Library Quantification Kit-Illumina (KAPA Biosystems). Samples were sequenced on an Illumina MiSeq as previously described.
- Sequencing reads were automatically demultiplexed using MiSeq Reporter (Illumina), and individual FASTQ files were analyzed with a custom Matlab script as previously described (1). Each read was pairwise aligned to the appropriate reference sequence using the Smith-Waterman algorithm. Base calls with a Q-score below 31 were replaced with Ns and were thus excluded in calculating nucleotide frequencies. This treatment yields an expected MiSeq base-calling error rate of approximately 1 in 1,000. Aligned sequences in which the read and reference sequence contained no gaps were stored in an alignment table from which base frequencies could be tabulated for each locus.
- Indel frequencies were quantified with the previously described Matlab script (5, 6, 1). Briefly, sequencing reads were scanned for exact matches to two 10-bp sequences that flank both sides of a window in which indels might occur. If no exact matches were located, the read was excluded from analysis. If the length of this indel window exactly matched the reference sequence the read was classified as not containing an indel. If the indel window was two or more bases longer or shorter than the reference sequence, then the sequencing read was classified as an insertion or deletion, respectively.
- In order to evaluate interdependency (linkage disequilibrium) between the base editing outcomes at the multiple target cytidines within an editing window, target site sequences from BE treated cells were analyzed by a custom Python script (Supplementary Note 1). Briefly, sequencing reads were scanned for exact matches to two 7-bp sequences that flank each side of the protospacer. If the intervening region was not exactly 20-bp, then it was excluded further analysis. The protospacer sequences were further filtered into four groups based upon the identity of the nucleotide at the position with the most non-T editing outcomes (the primary target C). For each of these four groups as well as the entire pool, the nucleotide abundance at each of the 20 positions within the protospacer were tallied.
- As discussed above, nucleic acid programmable DNA binding proteins (napDNAbp) of any of the fusion proteins provided herein may be an LbCpf1 protein. In some embodiments, the LbCpf1 protein is nuclease inactive, nuclease active, or an LbCpf1 nickase. Several constructs of fusion proteins comprising forms of LbCpf1 were tested for their ability to make C to T edits in different target sequences. A schematic representation of the constructs tested is shown in
FIG. 152 .Construct 10 has a domain arrangement of [Apobec]-[LbCpf1]-[UGI]-[UGI]; construct 11 has a domain arrangement of [Apobec]-[LbCpf1]-[UGI]; construct 12 has a domain arrangement of [UGI]-[Apobec]-[LbCpf1]; construct 13 has a domain arrangement of [Apobec]-[UGI]-[LbCpf1]; construct 14 has a domain arrangement of [LbCpf1]-[UGI]-[Apobec]; construct 15 has a domain arrangement of [LbCpf1]-[Apobec]-[UGI]. For each construct three different LbCpf1 proteins were used (D/N/A, which refers to nuclease dead LbCpf1 (D); LbCpf1 nickase (N) and nuclease active LbCpf1 (A)). For each of these constructs, the linkers linking the domains are shown below, where XTEN refers to the XTEN linker having the sequence SGSETPGTSESATPES (SEQ ID NO: 604), and BPNLS refers to the nuclear localization sequence having the sequence KRTADGSEFEPKKKRKV (SEQ ID NO: 740). Constructs are shown from N-terminus (left) to C-terminus (right). -
Construct 10: Apobec-SGGSSGGSXTENSGGSSGGS-LbCpf1- SGGSGGSGGS-UGI-SGGSGGSGGS-UGI-SGGS-BPNLS Construct 11: Apobec-SGGSSGGSXTENSGGSSGGS-LbCpf1- SGGSGGSGGS-UGI-SGGS-BPNLS Construct 12: UGI-SGGSGGSGGS-Apobec- SGGSSGGSXTENSGGSSGGS-LbCpf1-SGGS-BPNLS Construct 13: Apobec-SGGSGGSGGS-UGI- SGGSSGGSXTENSGGSSGGS-LbCpf1-SGGS-BPNLS Construct 14: LbCpf1-SGGSGGSGGS-UGI-SGGSGGSGGS- Apobec-SGGS-BPNLS Construct 15: LbCpf1-SGGSGGSGGS-Apobec-SGGSGGSGGS- UGI-SGGS-BPNLS - The common guide backbone (sgRNA) used in the experiments is GTAATTTCTACTAAGTGTAGAT (SEQ ID NO: 741)[guide sequence]TTTTTTT, wherein each of the Ts of SEQ ID NO: 741 are uracil (U), and where the guide sequence that targets the construct to a specific nucleotide sequence is shown between brackts. In some embodiments, any of the constructs provided herein are complexed with a sgRNA that comprises the backbone sequence of GTAATTTCTACTAAGTGTAGAT (SEQ ID NO: 741), wherein each of the Ts of SEQ ID NO: 741 are uracil (U). In some embodiments, any of the guide RNAs provided herein comprise a guide sequence comprising 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, or 30 nucleotides that are perfectly complementary to a sequence, e.g., a target DNA sequence. In the experiments performed, the guide sequences tested are shown below:
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EMX23: (SEQ ID NO: 742) TACTTTGTCCTCCGGTTCTGGAA EMX20: (SEQ ID NO: 743) TACTTTGTCCTCCGGTTCTG EMX19: (SEQ ID NO: 744) TACTTTGTCCTCCGGTTCT EMX18: (SEQ ID NO: 745) TACTTTGTCCTCCGGTTC EMX17: (SEQ ID NO: 746) TACTTTGTCCTCCGGTT Hek2_23: (SEQ ID NO: 747) CAGCCCGCTGGCCCTGTAAAGGA Hek2_20: (SEQ ID NO: 748) CAGCCCGCTGGCCCTGTAAA Hek2_19: (SEQ ID NO: 749) CAGCCCGCTGGCCCTGTAA Hek2_18: (SEQ ID NO: 750) CAGCCCGCTGGCCCTGTA Hek2_17: (SEQ ID NO: 751) CAGCCCGCTGGCCCTGT - The data demonstrating the C to T base pair editing percentage using various constructs and target sequences is shown in
FIGS. 153-159 , and the editing percentage values (after adjustment based on indel count), and the percentage of indels for the experiments are shown inFIGS. 160-166 . - Amino Acid Sequences of CDA1-BE3, AID-BE3, BE4, and SaBE4 fusion proteins. CDA1-XTEN-dCas9-UGI-NLS primary sequence (CDA1-BE3):
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(SEQ ID NO: 165) MTDAEYVRIHEKLDIYTFKKQFFNNKKSVSHRCYVLFELKRRGERRACFW GYAVNKPQSGTERGIHAEIFSIRKVEEYLRDNPGQFTINWYSSWSPCADC AEKILEWYNQELRGNGHTLKIWACKLYYEKNARNQIGLWNLRDNGVGLNV MVSEHYQCCRKIFIQSSHNQLNENRWLEKTLKRAEKRRSELSIMIQVKIL HTTKSPAV SGSETPGTSESATPES DKKYSIGLAIGTNSVGWAVITDEYKV PSKKFKVLGNTDRHSIKKNLIGALLFDSGETAEATRLKRTARRRYTRRKN RICYLQEIFSNEMAKVDDSFFHRLEESFLVEEDKKHERHPIFGNIVDEVA YHEKYPTIYHLRKKLVDSTDKADLRLIYLALAHMIKFRGHFLIEGDLNPD NSDVDKLFIQLVQTYNQLFEENPINASGVDAKAILSARLSKSRRLENLIA QLPGEKKNGLFGNLIALSLGLTPNFKSNFDLAEDAKLQLSKDTYDDDLDN LLAQIGDQYADLFLAAKNLSDAILLSDILRVNTEITKAPLSASMIKRYDE HHQDLTLLKALVRQQLPEKYKEIFFDQSKNGYAGYIDGGASQEEFYKFIK PILEKMDGTEELLVKLNREDLLRKQRTFDNGSIPHQIHLGELHAILRRQE DFYPFLKDNREKIEKILTFRIPYYVGPLARGNSRFAWMTRKSEETITPWN FEEVVDKGASAQSFIERMTNFDKNLPNEKVLPKHSLLYEYFTVYNELTKV KYVTEGMRKPAFLSGEQKKAIVDLLFKTNRKVTVKQLKEDYFKKIECFDS VETSGVEDRFNASLGTYHDLLKIIKDKDFLDNEENEDILEDIVLTLTLFE DREMIEERLKTYAHLFDDKVMKQLKRRRYTGWGRLSRKLINGIRDKQSGK TILDFLKSDGFANRNFMQLIHDDSLTFKEDIQKAQVSGQGDSLHEHIANL AGSPAIKKGILQTVKVVDELVKVMGRHKPENIVIEMARENQTTQKGQKNS RERMKRIEEGIKELGSQILKEHPVENTQLQNEKLYLYYLQNGRDMYVDQE LDINRLSDYDVDHIVPQSFLKDDSIDNKVLTRSDKNRGKSDNVPSEEVVK KMKNYWRQLLNAKLITQRKFDNLTKAERGGLSELDKAGFIKRQLVETRQI TKHVAQILDSRMNTKYDENDKLIREVKVITLKSKLVSDFRKDFQFYKVRE INNYHHAHDAYLNAVVGTALIKKYPKLESEFVYGDYKVYDVRKMIAKSEQ EIGKATAKYFFYSNIMNFFKTEITLANGEIRKRPLIETNGETGEIVWDKG RDFATVRKVLSMPQVNIVKKTEVQTGGFSKESILPKRNSDKLIARKKDWD PKKYGGFDSPTVAYSVLVVAKVEKGKSKKLKSVKELLGITIMERSSFEKN PIDFLEAKGYKEVKKDLIIKLPKYSLFELENGRKRMLASAGELQKGNELA LPSKYVNFLYLASHYEKLKGSPEDNEQKQLFVEQHKHYLDEIIEQISEFS KRVILADANLDKVLSAYNKHRDKPIREQAENIIHLFTLTNLGAPAAFKYF DTTIDRKRYTSTKEVLDATLIHQSITGLYETRIDLSQLGGDSGGS TNLSD HEKETGKQLVIQESILMLPEEVEEVIGNKPESDILVHTAYDESTDENVML LTSDAPEYKPWALVIQDSNGENKIKML SGGSPKKKRKV
AID-XTEN-dCas9-UGI-NLS primary sequence (AID-BE3): -
(SEQ ID NO: 166) MDSLLMNRRKFLYQFKNVRWAKGRRETYLCYVVKRRDSATSFSLDFGYLR NKNGCHVELLFLRYISDWDLDPGRCYRVTWFTSWSPCYDCARHVADFLRG NPNLSLRIFTARLYFCEDRKAEPEGLRRLHRAGVQIAIMTFKDYFYCWNT FVENHERTFKAWEGLHENSVRLSRQLRRILLPLYEVDDLRDAFRTLGL SG SETPGTSESATPES DKKYSIGLAIGTNSVGWAVITDEYKVPSKKFKVLGN TDRHSIKKNLIGALLFDSGETAEATRLKRTARRRYTRRKNRICYLQEIFS NEMAKVDDSFFHRLEESFLVEEDKKHERHPIFGNIVDEVAYHEKYPTIYH LRKKLVDSTDKADLRLIYLALAHMIKFRGHFLIEGDLNPDNSDVDKLFIQ LVQTYNQLFEENPINASGVDAKAILSARLSKSRRLENLIAQLPGEKKNGL FGNLIALSLGLTPNFKSNFDLAEDAKLQLSKDTYDDDLDNLLAQIGDQYA DLFLAAKNLSDAILLSDILRVNTEITKAPLSASMIKRYDEHHQDLTLLKA LVRQQLPEKYKEIFFDQSKNGYAGYIDGGASQEEFYKFIKPILEKMDGTE ELLVKLNREDLLRKQRTFDNGSIPHQIHLGELHAILRRQEDFYPFLKDNR EKIEKILTFRIPYYVGPLARGNSRFAWMTRKSEETITPWNFEEVVDKGAS AQSFIERMTNFDKNLPNEKVLPKHSLLYEYFTVYNELTKVKYVTEGMRKP AFLSGEQKKAIVDLLFKTNRKVTVKQLKEDYFKKIECFDSVETSGVEDRF NASLGTYHDLLKIIKDKDFLDNEENEDILEDIVLTLTLFEDREMIEERLK TYAHLFDDKVMKQLKRRRYTGWGRLSRKLINGIRDKQSGKTILDFLKSDG FANRNFMQLIHDDSLTFKEDIQKAQVSGQGDSLHEHIANLAGSPAIKKGI LQTVKVVDELVKVMGRHKPENIVIEMARENQTTQKGQKNSRERMKRIEEG IKELGSQILKEHPVENTQLQNEKLYLYYLQNGRDMYVDQELDINRLSDYD VDHIVPQSFLKDDSIDNKVLTRSDKNRGKSDNVPSEEVVKKMKNYWRQLL NAKLITQRKFDNLTKAERGGLSELDKAGFIKRQLVETRQITKHVAQILDS RMNTKYDENDKLIREVKVITLKSKLVSDFRKDFQFYKVREINNYHHAHDA YLNAVVGTALIKKYPKLESEFVYGDYKVYDVRKMIAKSEQEIGKATAKYF FYSNIMNFFKTEITLANGEIRKRPLIETNGETGEIVWDKGRDFATVRKVL SMPQVNIVKKTEVQTGGFSKESILPKRNSDKLIARKKDWDPKKYGGFDSP TVAYSVLVVAKVEKGKSKKLKSVKELLGITIMERSSFEKNPIDFLEAKGY KEVKKDLIIKLPKYSLFELENGRKRMLASAGELQKGNELALPSKYVNFLY LASHYEKLKGSPEDNEQKQLFVEQHKHYLDEIIEQISEFSKRVILADANL DKVLSAYNKHRDKPIREQAENIIHLFTLTNLGAPAAFKYFDTTIDRKRYT STKEVLDATLIHQSITGLYETRIDLSQLGGDSGGS TNLSDHEKETGKQLV IQESILMLPEEVEEVIGNKPESDILVHTAYDESTDENVMLLTSDAPEYKP WALVICIDSNGENKIKML SGGSPKKKRKV
rAPOBEC1-linker-dCas9-UGI-UGI-NLS primary sequence (BE4): -
(SEQ ID NO: 167) MSSETGPVAVDPTLRRRIEPHEFEVFFDPRELRKETCLLYEINWGGRHSI WRHTSQNTNKHVEVNFIEKFTTERYFCPNTRCSITWFLSWSPCGECSRAI TEFLSRYPHVTLFIYIARLYHHADPRNRQGLRDLISSGVTIQIMTEQESG YCWRNFVNYSPSNEAHWPRYPHLWVRLYVLELYCHLGLPPCLNILRRKQP QLTFFTIALQSCHYQRLPPHILWATGLK SGGSSGGSSGSETPGTSESATP ESSGGSSGGS DKKYSIGLAIGTNSVGWAVITDEYKVPSKKFKVLGNTDRH SIKKNLIGALLFDSGETAEATRLKRTARRRYTRRKNRICYLQEIFSNEMA KVDDSFFHRLEESFLVEEDKKHERHPIFGNIVDEVAYHEKYPTIYHLRKK LVDSTDKADLRLIYLALAHMIKFRGHFLIEGDLNPDNSDVDKLFIQLVQT YNQLFEENPINASGVDAKAILSARLSKSRRLENLIAQLPGEKKNGLFGNL IALSLGLTPNFKSNFDLAEDAKLQLSKDTYDDDLDNLLAQIGDQYADLFL AAKNLSDAILLSDILRVNTEITKAPLSASMIKRYDEHHQDLTLLKALVRQ QLPEKYKEIFFDQSKNGYAGYIDGGASQEEFYKFIKPILEKMDGTEELLV KLNREDLLRKQRTFDNGSIPHQIHLGELHAILRRQEDFYPFLKDNREKIE KILTFRIPYYVGPLARGNSRFAWMTRKSEETITPWNFEEVVDKGASAQSF IERMTNFDKNLPNEKVLPKHSLLYEYFTVYNELTKVKYVTEGMRKPAFLS GEQKKAIVDLLFKTNRKVTVKQLKEDYFKKIECFDSVEISGVEDRFNASL GTYHDLLKIIKDKDFLDNEENEDILEDIVLTLTLFEDREMIEERLKTYAH LFDDKVMKQLKRRRYTGWGRLSRKLINGIRDKQSGKTILDFLKSDGFANR NFMQLIHDDSLTFKEDIQKAQVSGQGDSLHEHIANLAGSPAIKKGILQTV KVVDELVKVMGRHKPENIVIEMARENQTTQKGQKNSRERMKRIEEGIKEL GSQILKEHPVENTQLQNEKLYLYYLQNGRDMYVDQELDINRLSDYDVDHI VPQSFLKDDSIDNKVLTRSDKNRGKSDNVPSEEVVKKMKNYWRQLLNAKL ITQRKFDNLTKAERGGLSELDKAGFIKRQLVETRQITKHVAQILDSRMNT KYDENDKLIREVKVITLKSKLVSDFRKDFQFYKVREINNYHHAHDAYLNA VVGTALIKKYPKLESEFVYGDYKVYDVRKMIAKSEQEIGKATAKYFFYSN IMNFFKTEITLANGEIRKRPLIETNGETGEIVWDKGRDFATVRKVLSMPQ VNIVKKTEVQTGGFSKESILPKRNSDKLIARKKDWDPKKYGGFDSPTVAY SVLVVAKVEKGKSKKLKSVKELLGITIMERSSFEKNPIDFLEAKGYKEVK KDLIIKLPKYSLFELENGRKRMLASAGELQKGNELALPSKYVNFLYLASH YEKLKGSPEDNEQKQLFVEQHKHYLDEIIEQISEFSKRVILADANLDKVL SAYNKHRDKPIREQAENIIHLFTLTNLGAPAAFKYFDTTIDRKRYTSTKE VLDATLIHQSITGLYETRIDLSQLGGDSGGSGGSGGS TNLSDITEKETGK QLVICIESILMLPEEVEEVIGNKPESDILVHTAYDESTDENVMLLTSDAP EYKPWALVICIDSNGENKIKML SGGSGGSGGS SGGS PKKKRK
rAPOBEC1-linker-SaCas9d-UGI-UGI-NLS primary sequence (SaBE4): -
(SEQ ID NO: 168) MSSETGPVAVDPTLRRRIEPHEFEVFFDPRELRKETCLLYEINWGGRHSI WRHTSQNTNKHVEVNFIEKFTTERYFCPNTRCSITWFLSWSPCGECSRAI TEFLSRYPHVTLFIYIARLYHHADPRNRQGLRDLISSGVTIQIMTEQESG YCWRNFVNYSPSNEAHWPRYPHLWVRLYVLELYCHLGLPPCLNILRRKQP QLTFFTIALQSCHYQRLPPHILWATGLK SGGSSGGSSGSETPGTSESATP ESSGGSSGGSG KRNYILGLAIGITSVGYGIIDYETRDVIDAGVRLFKEAN VENNEGRRSKRGARRLKRRRRHRIQRVKKLLFDYNLLTDHSELSGINPYE ARVKGLSQKLSEEEFSAALLHLAKRRGVHNVNEVEEDTGNELSTKEQISR NSKALEEKYVAELQLERLKKDGEVRGSINRFKTSDYVKEAKQLLKVQKAY HQLDQSFIDTYIDLLETRRTYYEGPGEGSPFGWKDIKEWYEMLMGHCTYF PEELRSVKYAYNADLYNALNDLNNLVITRDENEKLEYYEKFQIIENVFKQ KKKPTLKQIAKEILVNEEDIKGYRVTSTGKPEFTNLKVYHDIKDITARKE IIENAELLDQIAKILTIYQSSEDIQEELTNLNSELTQEEIEQISNLKGYT GTHNLSLKAINLILDELWHTNDNQIAIFNRLKLVPKKVDLSQQKEIPTTL VDDFILSPVVKRSFIQSIKVINAIIKKYGLPNDIIIELAREKNSKDAQKM INEMQKRNRQTNERIEEIIRTTGKENAKYLIEKIKLHDMQEGKCLYSLEA IPLEDLLNNPFNYEVDHIIPRSVSFDNSFNNKVLVKQEENSKKGNRTPFQ YLSSSDSKISYETFKKHILNLAKGKGRISKTKKEYLLEERDINRFSVQKD FINRNLVDTRYATRGLMNLLRSYFRVNNLDVKVKSINGGFTSFLRRKWKF KKERNKGYKHHAEDALIIANADFIFKEWKKLDKAKKVMENQMFEEKQAES MPEIETEQEYKEIFITPHQIKHIKDFKDYKYSHRVDKKPNRELINDTLYS TRKDDKGNTLIVNNLNGLYDKDNDKLKKLINKSPEKLLMYHHDPQTYQKL KLIMEQYGDEKNPLYKYYEETGNYLTKYSKKDNGPVIKKIKYYGNKLNAH LDITDDYPNSRNKVVKLSLKPYRFDVYLDNGVYKFVTVKNLDVIKKENYY EVNSKCYEEAKKLKKISNQAEFIASFYNNDLIKINGELYRVIGVNNDLLN RIEVNMIDITYREYLENMNDKRPPRIIKTIASKTQSIKKYSTDILGNLYE VKSKKHPQIIKKGGSPKKKRKVSSDYKDHDGDYKDHDIDYKDDDDKSGGS GGSGGS TNLSDHEKETGKQLVIQESILMLPEEVEEVIGNKPESDILVHTA YDESTDENVMLLTSDAPEYKPWALVICIDSNGENKIKML SGGSGGSGGS SGGSPKKKRKV -
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- It is to be understood that the invention encompasses all variations, combinations, and permutations in which one or more limitation, element, clause, or descriptive term, from one or more of the claims or from one or more relevant portion of the description, is introduced into another claim. For example, a claim that is dependent on another claim can be modified to include one or more of the limitations found in any other claim that is dependent on the same base claim. Furthermore, where the claims recite a composition, it is to be understood that methods of making or using the composition according to any of the methods of making or using disclosed herein or according to methods known in the art, if any, are included, unless otherwise indicated or unless it would be evident to one of ordinary skill in the art that a contradiction or inconsistency would arise.
- Where elements are presented as lists, e.g., in Markush group format, it is to be understood that every possible subgroup of the elements is also disclosed, and that any element or subgroup of elements can be removed from the group. It is also noted that the term “comprising” is intended to be open and permits the inclusion of additional elements or steps. It should be understood that, in general, where an embodiment, product, or method is referred to as comprising particular elements, features, or steps, embodiments, products, or methods that consist, or consist essentially of, such elements, features, or steps, are provided as well. For purposes of brevity those embodiments have not been individually spelled out herein, but it will be understood that each of these embodiments is provided herein and may be specifically claimed or disclaimed.
- Where ranges are given, endpoints are included. Furthermore, it is to be understood that unless otherwise indicated or otherwise evident from the context and/or the understanding of one of ordinary skill in the art, values that are expressed as ranges can assume any specific value within the stated ranges in some embodiments, to the tenth of the unit of the lower limit of the range, unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. For purposes of brevity, the values in each range have not been individually spelled out herein, but it will be understood that each of these values is provided herein and may be specifically claimed or disclaimed. It is also to be understood that unless otherwise indicated or otherwise evident from the context and/or the understanding of one of ordinary skill in the art, values expressed as ranges can assume any subrange within the given range, wherein the endpoints of the subrange are expressed to the same degree of accuracy as the tenth of the unit of the lower limit of the range.
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